The Last Moon

cast eerie shadows on the trees, making her feel like she was being watched. She had a

kened her pace, her legs burning from the exertion. A branch snapped, and Luna'

They had been murdered by the very people chasing her

up old sedan, was parked nearby. Luna fumbled for the keys, her hands shaking

er's truck screeched around the corners, hot on her heels. Luna's h

? The questions swirled in her mind, but Luna kn

hrough traffic. The hunter's truck kept pace, never

elly voice said. "I've been tr

or. The hunter's truck was still right

replied. "Meet me at the old ware

s stranger? But what choice did she

id finally. "I

ring. "I'll keep you sa

cing. She had no idea what lay ahead, b

e a beacon of hope. Luna pulled into the abando

and unmistakably werewolf. His piercing eyes locked

una," he said, his voi

s stranger. But something in his eyes stayed h

ements fluid. "My name is Kael," he

d. Protect her fr

r of the Red Hand is hunting you," he sa

spers of the Order, a secret society

" she

t living heir of the Lunar bloodline," he sai

e was a werewolf? The t

cast eerie shadows on the trees, making her feel like she was being watched. She had a

d, her hearing and smell becoming more acute. She could smell the hunters'

cornered her. The forest seemed endless, but she knew every path, every hiding

nothing to catch you, Luna. You're all that's left." Luna's thought

r like skeletal fingers. Luna's breath came in ragged gasps,

rooding, and unmistakably Kael. His piercing blue eyes

l whispered, gra

But Kael's grip was firm, and he pulled her t

nding footsteps. Luna's heart rate steadied, her senses calming

unters? Why were

a rusty old van. Kael opened

l ordered, star

ael's reflection in the rearview mirror. His jaw

asked, her voice bar

hers, his expres

he said. "I'm the one who

the shadows, his eyes always watching. She had th

Luna

jaw tig

Luna. You have so

ed. What could s

ael pulled Luna out, dragging

" Kael w

es on high alert. The room was sparse,

ed Luna a

said. "We n

n deepened. Wha

ack, revealing cloth

nning from?"

ression tu

They're afte

k. Her kind? Wha

on her – the strange abilit

s diff

were hu

s locked o

m I?" s

or a moment, Luna saw somet

Luna," he said. "The

crashed dow