Bound by Moonlight

ng Sophia and I have been

got separated. No signal, no way to reach him. Panicked, I was rushing down the trail whe

a still lake, her voice cr

heart was pounding, and not just from the fall. I

ut me down cold. I didn't give up. Asked around until I learned she was my sister's friend, a tennis star. Jackpot. I chased her like

to my pack, done chasing a she-wolf who didn't want me. Then, out of nowhere

before she could blink, thinking she'd just

as w

hing, that she'd warm up eventually. I tried everything-gifts, surprises, pat

against it, her voice thick with want? That was the final

k from the old den, rifling through our safe. She g

from the bottom of the safe, and handed it over. It was a gift from her m

" I asked, unabl

ner tonight. Needs something sharp. You don'

ted. "But your m

recious, not because I didn't care. And it was part of a couple's

rloom. Daniel's bound to our pack through my sister. It

oved of me, gifting us that watch set with a smile. Daniel, though? He's a lowborn w

shoulder, "Don't make a thing of it. I'll get you another

picking out a gift. Now? I just clenched my fists, bitterness flooding my chest. W