's

wolfsbane a fire devouring me from the inside out. My limbs were leaden, unresponsive. B

her expression one of detached fascination

my throat. It was meant

ood bubbling on my lips. "

was sharp and brittle, echoing off the tiled wall

he blood on the floor. She tapped my cheek with the fl

laced with cruel amusement. "The person who wants th

led, refusing to accept it. He was my fated mate. The Moon

s a denial against the c

ed to relish this, the slow, me

the floor with the bloody tip of her dagger. "He never wanted you. He wanted your pack's alli

e way his touch sometimes felt more like a duty than a desire. I had explain

tinued, her voice a relentless torment. "A child with Blackwood

m as if she were on a stage,

nt' during childbirth. Everyone would mourn the poor, unfortunate Luna. And

struggle. My inner wolf whimpered, a d

t the full moon. "Soon, I will be the Lu

urrowing in annoyance as sh

" she sighed, walking towards me, r

a key turning in the loc

hid the dagger in her skirts, and her face crumpled into a mask

or swu

doorway. His eyes, the color of a stormy sky, swept the room, w

f into his arms, her

came in and she was... she was like this!

ild, holding my murderer in his arms. The la

, but all that came out was a wet, gu

ion was a complex mixture of shock and something else... something

ked towards me, his heavy boots s

orld turning dark. He knelt beside me, his

w a flicker of remorse in his eyes. I thought

e to my ear, his voice a lo

red what was left of my soul and d

urmured, his voice devoid of all em