The Weigh

r, Nora arrived in the great hall where her father stoo

without preamble. "What do y

ever Nicole was close, the strange calm that washed over her in his presence.

d looked at her during training with what she believed to be genuine warmth. She thou

m with him," she said c

face with the intensity of a man wh

olf? What d

ok her head. "Nothing,

a could see the slight tremor in her hands, t

oser to his daughter, his voice

ne between Duty and Desire. As the Princess of this kingdom, there is much on your sho

er voice small. "In

father. Including the people

eyes widened. "What

painting, a masterpiece depicting the founding of the Blood Moon Pack. With a p

nd gestured fo

e. Maps covered every wall... intricate, detai

massive map of the e

as it truly is," King Jo

t, the strongest, the rulers of all the other packs. But we are in consta

ifferent colors. The Blood Moon in silver. The Shadow Fa

gether?" Nora asked, her inno

hers. They ruled together in perfect harmony. There was no rival kingdom, no Shadow Fang as you know it now. But one of the brothers grew

ron Fang Pack were used as slaves because they lacked the power and warriors to r

adow Fang?"

ed a thousand times," Jones

e to accept defeat. They hunger for wha

and burden. "You are our hope to end this endless war, Nora.

ind. 'How dangerous is this work? Did my birth real

questions lies within you, my daughter. You only have to listen to your wol

eep and resonant sound tha

there was enough ta

vy enough without adding more

l and carefully arranged the painting

ould appear as though

d heavy with thoughts that seemed too la

. The endless w

her that her father

She thought of her grandmother, the High Priestess, who had p

her speak of it with such

there w

at the mere tho

rd the small path between trees. The sun was setting

alone in the fadin

met across

her, not in warning, but in recognition. It was a feeling she di

at her wolf was calm around Nicole, when the tr

, Nora wondered: "Did I make the right choice? Or have I

ing in Nicole's ha

h a letter clutc

delivered

was brief,

you fo

was watching him from her chambers. He thought of her

ow, looking down at him made something

g instantly. He bowed sli