LUNA OF THE NIGHTBORN

ll throu

ourtyard of the Moonfang stronghold, Kael's roar echoing behind her-then she was weightless. Pulled into

Just rushing wind

felt like waking up from a nightmare-ex

throat. The air around her was heavy with fog and a strang

ying to gather

s was... it

t glowed faintly beneath her touch. Soft, almost al

e a voice, l

ked up

ng softly in the darkness. He looked perfectly at ease, like

dy. Her mark was still warm, still tingling

" she asked, h

dden between folds of this world and

echoed, he

one bound to the law

ked like a forgotten temple swallowed by mist. Towering stone arches stretched above, broken i

elf shimmered like it was stitch

before you brought

idn't

t get th

d forward slowly. "You were about to be hun

"Kael would

n front of the pack. Then he saw your mark and ordered you removed

e image of Kael's cold expression flashed through h

dn't r

m you," Ronan said gently

you want?" she

beat. "To protect

What's that su

e folds of his coat and pulled out a sma

oo

took the disc and an

hair, flushed cheeks, wide eyes. But then the ma

Her hair long and silver. A crown of stars on her

a's breath caugh

tly. "A daughter of moonlight and shadow. A g

her head. "That's no

burst from your skin? When the ancient mark chose you? W

ers tightene

't choo

d again. "But sometimes des

rby stone bench, overwhe

moon. "The Nightborn are awakening again, and the old blood calls

didn't feel the same. Something ancient stirred under her s

Rona

carefully, his sil

at him. "W

said simply. "Of you

Nightb

"Different linea

d between them,

, "That voice in my

ntly. "No. Th

arrowed. "

uld finish, t

nt-rippled across the sanctuary l

ened. "We'r

lara asked, ris

them. "Something breached the v

one could fol

hould be able to

his time. A rumble. A groan.

began to for

steppe

ack, faces hidden, eyes glowing with violet fir

re they?" s

ey guard the threshold between world

ess

omeone se

hborn mov

again, searing like

reactin

power," Ronan said. "

raithborn raised its arm, and the magic twisted mid-ai

ked it," h

stop them?"

do

d again, and this

em, silver light exploded, and the s

Wraithborn reaching for her-be

d now they were hunted