The Infertile Luna Is The True Wolf Queen

monial blade slipped from her han

ing toward her elbows like ink spilled through water. She tried to push hers

n!" the pries

. Inside her mind, her wolf-silent for seven years-thrashed against invisible wa

s potion should have glowed pale blue, the sign

priestess's hands and smas

ne gray. "Seven years of trying to awaken a c

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e had swallowed bitter potions until her stomach cramped and endured rituals that left bruises beneath her clothes. When ot

d once held her hand and promised

gates cr

his side, her hand tucked into the crook of his arm. She was lovely in a white

mother

crowd as if he'd come to address a restless pack, not

the arena. "I will no longer allow this pac

ainst the guards

dowfang Pack, hereby reject

nated in

e hand clamped over her heart. In the back of her mind, her wolf

ntire aren

beside her. The priestess struck the stones with a cry. Even Kieran's knees

second, every head

ressure di

shed himself upright, his jaw clenched as thoug

he continued. "She will give me th

nd lifted her ring hand. Th

truggled to stand, using the ceremonial table

d. "Your chambers? You won

idn't change. "Surren

d: a sob, a plea, a desperate promise to try another ritual. For a moment, her fingers

fasten

but she kept her chin raised. She looked directly at Kieran, searchi

an Alpha defe

she said. Her voice wavered. She drew a breath and steadied it. "O

t a mate, a wolf, or an

ite a smile, but close. "Th

d walked out

her. No one c

toward Kieran. Her voice was

never reaches

opped at

e she went? Amara kept walking, but the word

er. She wouldn't need money where she was going. She slipped through the outer boundary alone, the cold

ountains rose beneath

half buried beneath snow and tangled roots. The forbidden ritual was carved into its surface: a way to sever a wol

d the dagger. She presse

ntain s

split the altar, racing beneath her boo

ed through t

he blade, Y

a fr

cient wolf stepped into the moonlight, its fur bright a

. "The last Wolf Q

dripping from her pa

has the blood of every Alpha in th