The Returned Luna

ed with people and the crowd was growing. The village was bigger than Sapphire Lake and there seemed to be more men there. Had the

tween people to see through, let alone squeeze through. Mothers with their children on their shoulders and

hook her head. Carefully, she lowered Amanda to

struggling to catch her breath now that she wasn’t just caught up in the exc

We’re going to try and f

Amanda along, “I’ll

th slowly began to return. She was excited to finally meet her father a

him by many names, but she also knew he was more than just powerful. He was brave and relentless, dedicated to the safety of his people. No other king had led the efforts against the vampires the way Adolph had,

or his luna, Basil’s mother. After she died in childbirth, he never took another wife. It was obvious to the ent

t angered

me luna, but she couldn’t find it in her to condemn the man who had made sure the werewolf kingdom w

ial in her, he had to be a good man, she’d thought, but Basil was nothing like the stories said Adolph was. There was nothing of the war-minded focus Adolph had in Basil. He had always been controlled by his whims and with

m? She had never met Adolph before and no one in the palace ever talked about him outside of speaking about the war. She shook her head. They may not

come such a horrible person. Surely, the great King Adolph could have

aped for joy. The crowd pressed closer to the sides of the road and the cheers began to spread. People press

man. His eyes were heated and lecherous tho

with lies. “A pretty little thing like you reall

ck

ied out and kicked him between his legs. He howled, c

re

t of the crowd. Someone whistled

, yo

face went pale under her gaze. She turned from h

pon, but it wasn’t too late to correct her mistake. She had to get out of the crowd and think about carrying a weapon. She wasn’t going to allow anyone to mistreat her.

r viewpoint. The crowd was growing louder and louder and more people were rushing to join the crowd. Th

owd. She hiked her skirt and tucked it loosely into her belt before climb

armor, though battered, still gleamed in the sun beneath their black cloaks bearing the Imperial crest. Her stomach clench

of the Imperial crest. Laurel let out a cheer and clapped with the rest

eper breath, puzzling out the scent that seemed to be

ntest scent of blood drifted on the wind. The crowd’s ent

handsome. She felt he was as remote as a star twinkling in the night. He stood o

nted in the sunlight like flint sparks adding to his dangerous aura. His light blonde hair seemed to catch and hold the rays of the sun, ruffled by t

wa

The roses bloomed like a midnight perfume and the c

people as he passed before he stiffened and lifted his head,

ice howled in her heart and she felt almost d

a