The Silver Moon's Secret Heir

orward,

bare feet. She moved, her heart drumming a frantic rhythm. The Blood Moon hung heavy and crims

road shoulders draped in ceremonial furs, his dark eyes burning with an intensity that made her

lara whispered. "The moon

ace remained a mask of

l said, his voice amplified b

's hands began to shake. "Kael, the bond... it's blooming. I am y

? Lu

epped out from the Alpha's shadow. She was draped in silver silk, her eyes s

Sarah purred. "She is a parasite. A liability. Tell

h her eyes. "Kael, please. I am your

at her, his lip curling. "A pack is only as strong as its weakest link. You have no scent, no shift, and no strength. You are

a cried. "You can't ju

ed the air from her lungs, forcing her to her knees. "I decide wh

der, raising Sarah's han

Elara," he declared. "I sever the tie. I cast her out of my heart and my futu

nite and turn to ash. A scream tore from her throat as a void opened in her c

ispered, his eyes flickeri

ng her stomach. "Kael... how

ul, Elara. I could have had you executed for your insolence. Inst

that mean?"

cted female of the inner circle who cannot shift is a

ssig

n Border. You are to enter the Death Lands. If you survive until the next Blood Moon, per

ands were a graveyard of twis

massive Enforcers pinned her back. "You'

ng his back. "And that is a Luna. Take her away.

Elara toward the iron gates. His chest felt tight, a dull ac

ng her arms around his waist. "She would have bee

I just set fire to my o

dess played on you," Sarah said. "It will fade. Tomorrow,

gates slammed shut. He told himself he wa

s. They treated her like refuse, shoving her forward whenever she stum

vy collar from Elara's neck and threw it at her feet. "The Alpha's orde

th Lands. "Tell Kael... I hope the thr

," the Enforce

until her legs ached and her lungs burned.

spered, collapsing against a gna

e-hot heat. She waited for the tears, but they didn't come. In

e

t wasn't her own thought. It w

alled

ch black; it was shimmering with a faint, violet hue. She looked at her

voice growled. They rejected

roar in her ears. Her vision blurre

ogue-a massive, scarred beast-stepped into the clearing, its

away. "No...

ogue

he felt a surge of raw power explode from her chest-a silver shockwave

center of the clearing, her skin humming,

rcing silver-the color of a dying star. Her wolf didn't howl or whimper

until we are strong enough to