Fated to Be Forgotten

eloped me, sinking so far into my bones as I sat on the ground near the campfire, my eyes focused on the flames dancing in the slight breeze. My muscles had ache

er thought that I would experience again, but I knew that it would not last long. Damian

ee his expression, but I assumed it was unreadable, as it always was, as he sat staring into the flames. I found mysel

at he carried on his shoulders. He had been through things that I could never comprehend or imagine. Yet in him

ane spoke breaking the sil

was just thinking," I said as I shifted slightl

definitely will come for us shortly. He has been gathering forces, attacking smalle

he place where I was rejected, expelled, left to die. Kian would be there, trying to keep his

said it gently. "How did

oment, I thought he really wouldn't answer. But then, with a deep bre

re ready to take on the leadership role of the pack. But, forever looking for more, Damian began to...to want mo

ined me to hear it, I would have not expected Zane as anything other than the confident, strong leader I saw standing her

. The spells that would give him just the slightest edge in battle. I guess it wasn't enough. The more power he gained, the more he would want. It consume

had said. He saw something in Damian that I couldn't begin t

returned. "But I could not overpowers him. Damian expelled m

re. I breathed in and out, utterly unsure of what to say. What could y

y," I fin

was his choice. He made his bed, now he's going to lie in

ine. Zane wasn't just fighting to stop Damian, he w

op him?" I asked the qu

of doubt in his eyes. "I don't know," he said. "Damian is growing in power. With every pack he d

at?" I curi

curved Zane'

d, stunn

nd yet. Whatever you are, your bloodline is connected to something old

n't even know what I am. This... power inside me, it feels....

t effort in your training, you will be able to control it for your purposes-when you can trust

him in days, and now that he is mentioned, his name stirs fresh indifference in me as apart

sper just above the surface I was shooing away. "He didn't th

a moment of agitation flashing across his face. "Kian was a

ying to push down. "I don't know if it's s

steadily. "You need to move on. Holding onto that an

ng I felt was simple. Kian had been just that-my mate. The one person in the world who shou

etrayal be a conviction of one me. I must be st

rolling beneath it. "...and if, what happens when Damian attacks the Silver Moo

ter a pause, Zane at length shot his glance downward-deep into his thought, before he answered, "That's your choi

I had a choice. I was not the same girl as I was as a resu

y I would demonstrate it--to h

nd the night embraced us, I m

ear. No m

ady when the