Crimson Heir

into the woods, the qu

bir

w

breath, a

t mark of the Lupine Council, scratched deep and bleeding with silver ash. Wo

kept

like the forest wanted her t

eare

e forbidden grove-where even vampires dar

wo

on a ridge above her. Eyes locked w

e, her brea

and for a moment-just on

it. A boy. Older than her by a year, maybe two. His hair was dark, his

nothing

ked li

ere," he said, voic

ened. "I came t

er. "Aurel. The

lenched. "Y

d the line. I know he met with the

ch dropped. "W

eside him

hree bloods. A creature of magi

d with heat. "I'

aid quietly. "Y

eading, girl. Through the covens, the dens, the courts. They all want you for

ng figure, her heart thudding

meant to

ar had been waitin