cry tha

front o

replaced the murmurs of the Pack behind me. My body felt like glass - too ri

kept w

e mine yet. I didn't know whether to be proud of it or ashamed. I had always dreamed of being chosen

was

ngs: a withered photo of my parents and a small vial of moonwater my mother had given me the

understood w

il

using it after the new infirmary was built, but it was the only place I could go that wouldn't feel like a prison

d through the shattered window. The air smelled of dried herbs and time. I

pered to the silence. "Ev

ation. The eyes that pitied. The cruel smiles from the she-wolves who had always seen me as a threat, now savoring

sn't

didn't deal

dealt i

ht, I had

tepping into the doorway. Her cloak shimmered as if stitched fro

med to be seen like t

softly, kneeling beside me. "You were meant to carve your own. You we

ran thr

do I d

awakening. The bond between wolf and Moon isn't given f

, unsure if I lik

l. The power to destro

always been in the background - the Beta's daughter with no status, no voice. But

oor, and cleaned the dusty shelves of potions and dried petals. As th

not stay

will

, I wasn't the same girl who had left the ceremony hours

e east - where the moon dipped low and

routines. Kael would go on with his plan

erythi

l they

s comi

she would not