When The Moon Chose Me

cut through the h

in, slower this time.

but the contact sent a jolt through me-sharp, grounding. He

y pulle

pered. "This

, the room seemed to sharpen around me. I could hear my uncle's boots shiftin

scare

or before he co

rom the morning fog. His eyes locked onto mine, and something in

ed," he sa

in a breat

t?" I demanded, even thoug

the lock with a deliberate click. He looked at Maya

. "They final

Maya replied cooll

d to me, heavy.

idn

said. "Tell me why I hear things I shouldn't and smell fe

hat followed

. "Because you're a werewolf," he said at la

me harder t

ewo

, hollow. "Tha

not j

hield, and that terrified me even more. If this was rea

e you known?"

your parents

oom t

was an accident," I sa

quickly. "But not

in, twisted metal, blood on glass. I'd be

y uncle continued. "He was an alph

by who?"

esit

said softly. "An

a sharp look. "Y

to save his lif

nded. "Save

f," my uncle said. "

ill* echoed

l anyone," I

aze and did

ing through the dark, the thrill of the chase, the s

d back, na

ht me bef

g her forehead against mine. Her b

My hands hovered uselessly at

You attacked a hunter," he sai

stiff

alive," my uncle

dread tangl

Maya said quietl

replied. "And

ween us. The part of me that growled at th

pens now?

ulled out a worn leather band etched w

arn control. Or the moo

p pain tore t

ck veins flared briefly beneath

y?" he

hook. "What do

s grip iron-strong. "It means the

t a cold wav

ing," he said grimly.

howl split the morning air-deep, dominan

en gone from the sky,