Moonbound:prophecy of the werewolf

xist only when she stepped on them. The trees grew larger and more ancient the farther we

" Luca asked after we'd been

"One of the few places on Earth where the veil b

ot and Luca's hand shot out to

all of thorns and pressed her palm against one of the twisted vines. "The realm where t

lver light that had nothing to do with the moon. In the center stood a circle

a breathed. "We're still

shed. "Space and time are more... flexible. It's how I've ma

he forest that first night. The symbols carved into the stones seemed to pulse in rhy

this plac

d to the center of the circle and gestured for

not an

ear the truth." She looked at me with those ancient eyes. "T

l stories. Curses, viral infections, genet

erewolves exist because of the Moon

tilted aga

he darker things that stalked the night." Selene walked to one of the stones and traced a symbol with her finger. "The spirits agreed, but at a price. They would bind t

ewolves

said quietly, his face pa

spirits gained physical form and the humans gained power. But over time, the balance shifted. T

at me, they're not just seeing their

been bound to this world for millennia. They can't return to their realm without

ispered, remember

. Most of the werewolves would die, and those who survived would b

ever seen them before. "You're saying I h

should have been seamless generations ago." Selene looked at him with something

d of comp

outside, but from within the circle itself. The stones began to gl

d us," Selene

I dem

rger stones, her hands beginning to glow with silver light that matched my own. "T

am flecking their muzzles. But these weren't the organized pack members I'd see

m?" Luca asked, his vo

er has been experimenting with ways to sever the s

ed its red gaze on me and spoke in a voice like grinding ston

es lengthened, his muscles bulged, and silver fur sprouted along his arms and face. In seconds, he

e scarred wolf replied, an

h inhuman speed and grace. But there were too many of th

to maintain some kind of barrier around the stones. "You hav

an't con

learn.

horror as one of them got past Luca's defenses and raked its claws across his che

my control s

power flow like water through carefully constructed channels. I reached out with my

pain, caught between worlds and belonging to neither. Without the stabi

is,* I realiz