The Luna Gambit

ta

and opened Ruby's door. I frowned at the shatte

r sitting on the floor at the back of the room, her head against

before the sofa and sighed. Her eyes and nose were red from crying, and her hair was wild and tangled. She looked

ow she was locked away in a room awaiting her own death.

distance so she wouldn't feel crowded. "I know you must be conf

he had been screaming at the top of her voice less than an hour ago. The brave girl I ha

eak at all. Maybe our approach had been the wrong one, trying to pry into her mind instead of speaking to her. She had witnessed something previously un

he situation better by telling

n, but she was still staring out the window. She look

y and I sighed. "Okay. Some of the things you've seen in the

y during the full moon, and silver doesn't hurt us. We don't com

and stretched her legs out. I took that as a sign of her

onal hearing, speed, sight, and strength, but nothing compared to, say, Xavier. However, I have different powers of my own that no one else in the pack shares. All packs h

way. "I'm in a house filled with

y. Humans are a danger to the supernatural world. That's why all supernatural cr

re? You said all sup

took her mind off the inevitable. Seeing auras was one of my gifts, and I had been dra

ole works. They're all real. Some live alongside humans

he

ed. "Wh

r people goin

, she looked defeated. Somehow that was worse. "I don't know." She released a breath she seemed to have been hold

losing her mind? "Xavier trying to save me is exactly what got me into this mess. Honestly, I don't like him, and it's clear he doesn't like m

her body tensed and her heartbeat increased to a frantic pace.

self on the wall for a moment, then pushed forward and approached me. Her aura tu

now filled with a mix of anger and sadness. Sh

y, take it easy on Xavier. This has ne

d me. "And I'm new to being abducted! I'm new to this, new to all of this! What exactly is new to him, Natalie? What? Help me to und

had been foolish to think it would be any different. At this point, the less she knew the better.

a friend, the first human I'd ever found myself drawn to. It would have been best if I had kept my distance.

avier's fault

to kill all humans who learn about yo

h

y face, she shook he

s soon enough. You just

gure out if this is all some sick prank. Werewolves and supernaturals are real, and I'm going to die because

be her friend. I'm still a wolf, with a temper just li

wolf in a long time, and never from our pack. There's so much you don't know. If you want to live, I suggest when the alpha comes to see you, you should t

sked me to. No matter how annoyed I was, I

friend until I met Ruby. Although, in truth, I mistook her for a supernatural being until I smelled her. Her incredible aura had tricked me into thinking she was supernatural that day in th

d watched Xavier remove his shirt