Sacrificed

shower, Mum had left the sofa. I walked to her narrow bedroo

damp brow and sighed. There's no way she would be able to outrun a mob of

d attached a leather thong to the metallic object. I reached down and rolled it in my fingers, wondering if she'd boug

light. After tucking it behind my ear, I slipped the talisman around my

be Mum. The wards would let her in, even without the use of her hands. It also wasn't

formed the ward between the outside wor

ans

ld rustle up the cash to maintain a magical security system. I knew better th

my breath. "Stand out there

bedroom, whoever was

" I s

time, I crossed the living

asked a d

d frowned.

"Dolph Gundahar fr

or. What on earth did he want? My inner wolf cocked h

unding uncertain. "They said you lived

the do

d a pale blue shirt that matched his blue eyes. His gaz

what had startled him, but then remembered that the w

ng in a place lik

to bore you wi

and through his hair. "Did someo

get a better listen, and passing rodent shifters slowed to gape.

e get dressed, and I'll

s interior, his features furrowing

a ragged breath. What the hell? An alpha's so

Beowulf, she had been with me long enough to recognize an opportunity. I was invisibl

jogged to my room, flung on a pair of jeans and a t

um was right. I was just as curvaceous as Frida, but Beowulf had once complimented my generous b

but she remained still. It could be her way of w

ogged to the door

eatures still pinched. He smoothed them out a

n the pack had ever invited me to anything before, but then Dolph didn't know my history. H

rm through his, and we

the street or stood in front of their open doors. Our part of Lunaris was so sh

uarded. "From the way Father described Lo

n monarchs, but we all have our villages. Eve

g Felipei stumbled out of his shack, holding an empty bottle.

do you live among the rodents?

mestic scene playing out on the street. Big Felipei smashed h

I replied. "The beta and his mate ambus

fore Beowulf?

ns who had been whipped bloody, tho

e crossed the road, walked through a narrow street and entered a poppy meadow that overlooked the human areas of Richmo