sciousness. It grew colder in the silence. The blood that had soaked

round myself trying to focus. No matter what Ian said, I knew that Candido would f

ew t

t because there wa

ard Shiloh or

me?" I called.

the caves. The weight grew heavier, crushing my mind until I could barely breathe-barely think. All I could do was scream as the pain mounted in my skull. My ears were ringing and I

creamed. "Cand

lailed. Pain exploded across my forearm. Sharp surfaces cut me, scraping, and tearing through my f

f someone had yanked

n my face that I couldn't see who

croaked. "You'l

ess shifted around me, tumbling me around, batting me back and forth like a child's to

my breath as the bubbles rushed past. Then I was spinning o

cold. I landed and slid against a frigid patch of ice that made my skin and clothes stick

o go through something like this? Was it because I was only half? Di

now and that's wh

cause I wasn't her daughter. Steven didn't care about me at all even thought I was his daughter. Did he resent

s fated to

fe was turning out to be this way, but I thought that since she'd led m

so s

n a way I'd forg

pered to the dark

I could see Candido. He was walking away from me, and no matter how har

reamed. "Come bac

mit of the cliff, I saw Candido in his wolf form. The ground shock and cracked around me. Si

ied. "I'm not a va

with moonlight. She leaped toward the cliff and she was struck down by the crack of a gun. She fell throu

the pain explode in my chest and felt so small, so young. I saw

y? Sometime I co

still

t is

make me luna, S

e the hot gush of blood on my tongue, metallic and a little sweet. I rushed forward, dragging my claws through any person I came across

eamed

, clean hand. Then, there was light and a humming song. I felt the darkness coming and d

coming towards me. The last thing I saw was th

" I hear

nd I was pushed out of the v

saw Candido outside. I heard his voice as he rushed to the door

do," I

in the chair of stone and focused on me

tone shifted and brought m

ho

he shook his head. "At least now you

ot.

is head. "Her last t

do you

ou were born and every painful moment aft

ly here to share this with you. I heard Moo

aw a video as it began to play. It was a video of th

hunting down every awakened bloodline in the database. Honestly, why wouldn't you or anyone else think to code the informatio

ed around and devoured on television. I didn't recognize any

u plan to stay

pikes rammed straight through my shoulders,

mmed into a hard wall of magic. I pushed back with a shriek

You've already wasted three days. Maybe if you focused more on your curre

e hall. "I challenge you, for a m