Rise of the Luna Queen

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the thick trees at the border of the Black Fang Pack's territory.

that earned me was a severe black eye and a blood

to bury, and each step solidified my desperation to rea

weight of my healer's license pressed inside

The bruises, his harsh words, the "accidents" that left me struggling for breath in d

me to heal, no matter how severe their injuries. It had becom

e, and now I could barely heal a cut without feeling drained. Cassian had taken everything

all behind. I'd crossed the first

te so carefully, but paranoia nagged at me, whispering that Cassian would find me

solated on the outskirts of nowhere. The neon sign flickered

to the clerk's raised brow at my unkempt appearance.

didn't notice as I collapsed on the bed. Exhaustion made my limbs se

dread of the day, but I couldn't get rid

nstant intimidation. But a soft scrape echoed fro

t, a shadowed figure lunged at me. I barely had tim

n beneath a black hood, his eyes devoid of mercy. I scrambled backwa

ed to fight with everything I had. I felt my powers tingle in my ch

built in my hands, my healing touch sparking to life. I raised my ha

glow I knew, dark energy spiraled around my finger

jolted through me as the darkness pulsed from my fingertips into his skin, spreading like

loor, dead. His face was frozen in mis

something different, something

ly as I stared down at th

ce, had just killed. My insides were being clawed at

reath. What had I become? Was this part of the blood oath's cu

ave out beneath me as I collapsed onto th

ough me, didn't recognize myself. Cassian ha

sharp pain that radiated from my chest, pierc

ling. It was the blood oath that drew me back

unrelenting waves of searing agony, which

g myself up, one foot in front of another. I would have loved to stop. To

red through clenched teeth

to nothing and had to struggle to kee

gered onto a lone bridge that stretched across an unendin

y choice and

gazed down at the water below. I was exhau

et the water carry me away and remove all of the

aved my entire life, the glimmer of promise I had

step at a time, I made my way across the b

lung to what little strength I still had

eath away. I dropped to my knees and grasped the hard, cold wood under me, te

saying his name. He had turned me into this, into

? Had he done this to me deliberately, knowing it

the blazing storm inside me. I was more scared of myself th

gazed out over the wide lake as

I would ever be free of Cassian's curse or the monster he'd cr

put one foot in front of the other, again and again, h

ch in front of me, a shiver ran

an unnatural stillness, and I t