f form gleaming beneath the moonlight. Blood dripped from his muzzle, but his ey

. Recognit

und, gurgling, black blood spilling from the

tever force had erupted from her. Her hands trembled

ning to me?"

hrough the brush, armed with a crossbow and fury in her ey

"Is that why he shif

inish off the vampire with a silver bolt to the

ad spun.

orm, panting. "I didn't mean for it to happen... I didn't e

im. "You knew th

orne and a cursed wolf... we're not supposed to be compatible. But wh

der her breath.

dn't want to drag you into this. But w

ey?" Aria i

action. They once ruled the supernatural underground, until the Moo

key," Aria

he last living heir of the Moonborne bloodline. And now, t

m his chest. "If they sent scouts tonight, the

ry. Deep in the Vale. Ward-protec

ead us there

"But it won't be easy. Not all creatures hono

lled grandmother. The air smelled of ash and iron. Behind them

g she kne

her blood-a heat, a hunger, and

just part o

born to

would

ent of burning wood still clung to Aria's cloth

ely closed. Evelyn led with unshaken resolve, a bl

woods thickened and the stars b

tly, her voice bouncing strangely in

n confirmed. "Only Moonborne can walk it

wned. "W

turned to her. "S

As she watched, something shimmered to life just beneath the skin of her ri

"That wasn't

it when your powers surged. That mark proves your right

?" Aria asked,

ic can sense it," Evelyn said. "Wh

eyes. "Then we b

pass hidden beneath her skin. The world around them shifted-the trees grew talle

longer felt solid but pulsed wi

orne's doing?" she

yn said. "It bends to your will. Just do

spoken than a scream

y f

, desperate-echoing

mark

velyn warned, ra

needs help

e don't leave people

ed into a small clearing-where a figure lay curled at the bas

n Aria, with tangled white

pen-silver, like l

girl rasped. "You came

forward. "W

rolled back, a

m, the tre

ted. Shadows

me a voice-low, f

nd the last heir. Looks like I

slowly, her

n dressed in crimson and bon

Court

wasn't