Moonborn: Rise of the Wolfless Luna

he room at all the

o be here. Not because I'm pregnant with your child, not because you sa

ut strength isn't just about having a brave hea

id. "But I won't

air in frustration. "This is madne

d knowing that people see me as weak and worthless hurts

ly going to do this, you should know - you're

went sile

egnant? Oh, this is even

ou mean?"

ent. "A pregnant woman who can't even shift into wolf form, fi

rage. "If you hurt her or tha

. "You can't threaten a pack member f

o murder an innocent

"I would never! I'm just going to fight until she submits

ubmit right now and save yourself the pain. Pack your thin

ch better than her. This woman had thrown her in prison, humiliated he

. The man who had saved her, who had brought her here to keep her sa

ella aske

at?" Lyd

his fight

row at sunset. In the main courty

a said. "I'l

ands. "Please, Bella. Don't do t

moment, her determination wavered. S

ers had looked at her in that prison cell.

child to grow up with a mother who was seen as we

" she said gently. "For me,

I'll train you. We have until sunset tom

inst someone who's been preparing to be

nows about the challenge. I want them all to see what happe

ded and filed

the door and loo

gods," she said sweetly. "Because af

ughter echoing d

're in good health, but I strongly advise against thi

he risks," Bell

Alfred and Bella were a

vily in a chair, hi

muffled. "Why are you doi

of the examination b

you see in me that

her, confused

d seven years of hell and still had t

th now," Bella said. "T

sperately. "What if something happens to

knelt in front of his chair

me," she said fi

words, Bella wasn't sure

to be an uneven fight. Lydia had her wolf, years

n? Love? The memory of that str

ld have to

he rest of her life as someone who ran from

grounds behind the pack house. The moon was fu

know about fight

nything about fighting. In the Wolfsbane

kay. We'll start

erything he could. How to throw a punch, how to do

gh. One night of training couldn'

ook a break. Bella was exh

se, aren't I?" s

everything would be fine. But he respec

ia is a skilled fighter. She's bee

esty didn't make her feel worse. Som

ed, "you have somethi

t's

she thinks she deserves. You're fighting for the chance to build a ne

ouse, neither of them noticed the

ng session. Someone who now knew exactl

ready planning to

hadn't noticed

r limit, every time she had been knocked down and had to get

etting s

shift into a wolf, something

even she didn't

t might chang

read throughout the pack, and by evening, it seemed

calm her nerves. Alfred was with her, along with Sarah fr

this," Alfred said f

plied, just like she

's hair back so it wouldn't g

Sarah said quietly. "I've been list

of gossip?"

been taking special supplements to make her wolf stronger.

ightened. "Wha

works in Lydia's household said she's been meeting with

more questions, there

a voice calle

deep breath

ourtyard, none of them knew tha

ng. Something that would ensure

she had been meeting wit

o be just a challen

going to