heir hostility like a

ned to

What was all that running for?" She demanded, masking her fright by fa

s the only thing keeping her steady. Hel

happen to us. He can't!

think we want to attack

th and fangs hidden, b

Luna-to-be as she challenged

eel eyes held her blue-green ones in a steady, indifferent gaze. L

t him, chest

tect me? She wondered

and see if I survive! She realized, as his

mind, and they had both now c

rrifying, a realization that she was not

bursts as she stood in the center of th

ir lips curled in sneers, their muscles coiled lik

an, but his express

p this, she mused, an

t as she spun in a fixed circle, eyeing the wolves as they ey

s head. "A test."

hit the ground. His muscles bulged, his sharp teeth glinting in t

rt slammed aga

e had never been trained

onal speaker in the face of

s?" She asked Castian, raising her chin as she ke

lders was shaking as took slow deliberate st

s crossed over his broad

raying nothing of the fear she knew he co

as he prepared to pounce. "Then you die." He snarl

e to react before a cla

ncts screaming, but s

ibs as the rogue's large b

ered back

rupted fro

," a rogu

survive," an

gritted h

ore in her mind as she fought ba

ld of the water and air, or from the rush of adrenaline

her again, but thi

ing to the ground as the wind o

eed, and she had her fear, which somehow was not

ad cleared, suddenly everything was sharpe

the bond with Castian was len

ted sight, sense of smell and fighting skills

ked under his arm and slammed her knee

grunted,

's laught

sn't winning – but she had landed

is chest, eyes burning with

inish, Castian st

blade cutting through the night as he

itching with frustration, but h

essing. Calculating. She did not know when or how, but his cloak

ulling it around her front. "For someone raised in a palace." He fin

Her entire body ached, but

slightly, but there wa

her, her eyes filled, and Castian swiftly spun around, standing i

ing them all, his gray eyes l

ogues as they stared back or gazed at on

. There was nothing

ut she had landed full blows, a

r, they could have all attacked ins

s wide shoulders, the way they watched her, their eyes filled w