myself up from the floor, gathering the

en crafted from my own fur, but now I

en the wooden door was blasted op

me furious. "Elara! So it was you who used the secret magic art

nd myself, he grabbed me by the hair

circle, their gazes on me filled with mockery a

e Moon Goddess, who was actually not, stood at Vera's side and declared in a

ir eyes turned back to me, they we

ng and spoke again. "There is a curse in this alabaster urn. It must be

ft to scream at Rowan. "Rowan! In that urn are the ashes of your own chi

immediately fell to her knees, so

as ice. "Elara, I saw with my own eyes just now that you were burning thin

klace that was made by a string of moon

red my children's ashes and the moon stones tha

ring through my chest, and let out a howl

e and hid herself in Rowan's arms. "

moment, he gave the order in a cold, hard voice. "Pull out her spine wi

ned my limbs down. Then they drove s

urning. Then the hooks caught hold o

t a piercing,

pack heard this he

pped straight

ble, as if I were be

rned blurry,

and clawing at the ground until

the whole earth

oze for

tively took a s

t out a pained whimper. "Rowan

t me a cold glare from where I lay in the mud. "First thing tomorrow morning, I want to see the

were already gone, and that he h

ed down i

ck, sustained by my White Wolf power,

ourished this turf for hundre

weakly, "Survive, Elara..

rther away, lower and lower,

h time had passed befo

my spine gone and barely clingin

in the rain, tears streaming down his face,

l that Blackrock

ched voice of an emissary of the Moonborn Clan echoed across the world. "El

soft moonlight and lifted slowly away from this p