HALFBLOOD LUNA

promised me a future if the Mo

ife. Our meetings were always hidden. Whispers behind classrooms

fated, Lyra... I'll make yo

l faded. It didn't matter that I was the granddaughter of a broken elder, or that I still w

e note into

eighteenth birthday. The night

d be revealed. When bonds would

prayed for sin

had any mercy left in he

jarring me fr

e already in class trying to flirt with Caleb who was sitting at the back. As i walked in, they both exch

ing on the teacher. I then stared at the snowy peaks beyond the Academy's barrier walls. My

g my mother h

protect you when your wolf is ready," he alway

n't sure which w

rd my wolf's voice. Sometimes

They were considered weak. Servants, breeders,

d that

eg

Alpha, but I didn't wan

he teacher cal

nswered. This was the first time

hat is solitude in the p

ed, I wasn't actually lis

't say it twice." Madam Ravee

here. I was so embarrassed, I couldn't even look at Caleb

tion." Madam Raveena asked, look

s and Caleb looked at her.

a." Madam R

e a pack member is isolated or alone, physically, emotionally, or socially

dam Raveena said and al

most immediately, a paper flew in my di

of here yo

face in my palms, t

al bell rang and the schoo

essa came and pushed me out of the way. I fell on my bu

n the halls with curling combs and makeup bags. Boys comparing colognes and sui

inkling fairy lights and roses wrapped around the pillars. Lanterns glowing, silk threads of gold da

all, watching the shimmer of hop

pped out,

usting garden gate where Caleb had first kissed me. I stopped a

creaking, far from the heart of the pack. Smoke rose from the c

a glass of beetroot wine in hand. His

ate," he

fter to cle

argue, he just nodded and

s tiny, neatly arranged, filled with dried flowers,

ht from beneath my bed. Inside was her mother's dress. A cream-co

clung to my waist and flu

rl in the mirror didn't look like someon

look li

ne the Moon Goddess wo

woul

pendant, clutchin

im be mine." I prayed, pleading with the mo

intly. I could feel it bu