Moonbound:prophecy of the werewolf

y eyes, I saw glowing red eyes and heard that crea

'd made my

hadn't slept either. His hair was disheveled, his clot

ack," he sa

think I w

uld see the flecks of silver in his irises. "But I woul

he joined me. "If what your father says is true, then it's

ce was rough. "But some choices ha

f I refuse? If

e peace we've maintained for decades-it'll all be destroyed." He paused. "And

not when people's lives hung in the balance. "So what

itorial disputes that have been building for years." He l

ose

ing wit

me like a slap

becomes the Alpha Prime-the leader of all packs. It's

you're volunteerin

Alpha can make a claim, and you have to choose befor

ha

r you apart. And take half the

was telling me. "So my choices are: mate with some ra

as quiet, but there was something fierc

tions. This boy I'd known for less than a week was asking me

d at him, necessity

uc

en another. And another. Soon the air was filled wit

m. The Red Moon rises in six hours, and every pack

I choos

tle despite the calluses on his palms. "There

the shadows-some in human form, others as massive wolves with intelligent eyes. They formed

. Five pote

ined the ancient ritual. The others were strangers-handsome, powerful

at Luca, I f

d as the crimson orb appeared above t

skin began to glow with silver light, and I felt the eyes of every w

orward, my

a's name, a new voice cut th

und will ch

k Alpha stood at the edge of the clearing, flanked by a dozen wolves wi

egant, with familiar green eyes and

dly dead mother said with a

rld tilted on its axis. Behind me, I heard Luca curse u

me, who'd died in a car accident three months ago, wh

said softly. "