ALPHA KAEL & THE MOONBLESSED

ng in the ai

her... o

el's gaze locked on him, unblinking, golden flecks swirling in hi

Kael asked, his vo

ut answered, swallowing hard. "They... th

est. "You should have expected this, Alpha. Keep a cursed Moon-Bless

Every set of eyes in the

it's my fault someone s

e knife is made for one purpose, you

room. "Gear up. I want every warrior on a

wed, but he rose. "

Lyra. "You're

d instantly. "L

sn't a

's the Other me out there, I'm the one she wants. You

e might actually shout. Instead, he stepped close

ead. One wrong move, Lyra, and I'll

she didn't feel. "That al

**

he B

ed the treeline. Blood. Not just spi

n open. The wounds weren't clean; they looked ripped, c

it wasn't the gore that fr

nough to expose bone, were the

curling into fists. His wolf was close to the surf

ng us," Lyra

her without warmth

pyres, we don't need smoke drawing atten

rward. "Alpha, if th

said, voice low, "they'll h

unsteady shifting in her chest

*

n the

em through every street. Mothers pulled their children inside. Warr

d as she passed. "She'l

ed. "Say t

und her arm, steering

'now,' Kael? When they're s

If that day comes, I'll be the one

ore she could answer, a horn

snapped up

**

t, and wrong. These weren't wolves. They were bigger, their shapes twisted, like

claws raking the wood. War

ng over muscle, his wolf form lau

ears. She drove it into the chest of one creature as it l

nct than thought. Heat ripped through her veins, bright and blinding. The creat

ed to dull for a second.

golden eyes burning into hers. "Con

and nodded, grippin

ike hours, until the last of th

treaking his skin. "They w

lade on her torn

est. "She's not waiting for us to come

working,"

t first light for the mountain

***

ER LYRA

, idly turning a dagger in her hands. S

he inhuman voice pur

ghts like prey trying to convi

ll come

aid, standing. "I'v

leep but the air felt heavy, charged.

ide into the moo

not in water this time, but in the fle

" the Other L

oppelgänger lunged and they b