ra
ink and parchment. Alpha
and, had accompli
examinations at the academy, ra
id commission to translate a
d-brick house for rent in
owering shelves. I was carefully transcribing the translation
ou? Return to the
was the Mind-Link, the telepathic network of the Pac
no longer a weak
ering of countless muddied synapses until all that
u
lently severed the connection. The si
had answered every summons like a trained dog,
I returned to
e long oak dining table was lit by dozens of silver candelabras. T
commanded, pointing t
od near the door, mai
Luna. What is it y
e is a rare match," she said, dispensing with all pleasantries. "We n
mouth before she had even finished her sen
on the table, making
o you know what will happen to h
the stone walls around us. "Chronic pain. The loss of the shift. A life cut short. The Moon Goddess showed m
r without a fl
dies honorably in battle, their core
the venom and make him whole-but it would keep him alive. Let him settl
"This manor has fed you! We have given you and your mother
a short,
ur stone floors until her knees bleed." I pointed a finger at the gleaming floor beneath my feet. "
ly into the Lun
life. And under the Academy's charter, you cannot touch
airs, ignoring the stream of
, but she had already lost. The dream had freed me from th
her came up to my attic
ld her, showing her a small leather pouch hea
en at me, and finally nodded,
to head to the academy. Selene was waiting for me by the stone pilla
pat, her eyes full of venom. "You ar
eral Pack members were walking b
ice was loud enough
early. "You knew your brother owed money to Rogues. Yo
nic as the passing wolves s
ting through the cold air like a shard of glass. "You sent him to his death b
ne hissed, lookin
Not I," I said. I pulled my warm wo
ezing wind, enveloped by the s
th was a weapon I had never wielded in my
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