The Secret of the blood moon

brother. He met her halfway. Their bodies crashed together in swirling flurries of

r voice taut and obscured with

ena. It's about power. Our parents were weak. They clung to

nly hardened on Lena's face. "You killed them. Our fam

hroat, teeth bared into a vicious gri

give up. With the last burst of energy, she was able to muster,

on the ground, beaten but not defeated. He tried to ge

hissed, blood oozing from hi

m, right over his crumpled form. "Watch me

before she could hit a finishing blow. The ground under their feet

en something like that in her life before: a hulking beast with burning eyes and razor-sharp claws at t

ning his earlier posturing. "What is that

beyond anything they'd ever faced. The danger had suddenly ta

them with deliberate, ponderous steps. The wolves-of Lena's old pack and the Blackfangs alike-se

her away. This.thing.in front of her was something

self more than to her. Lena knew they couldn

rror. She had seen him scared for the fir

, firmly, and her voice was stead

y and her spirits at war with one another-part of her feeling relieved, part of her full of sor

r, its embers locked onto hers. It issued a l

ly over while the real ene