Chapter 20 Leaving
We left at dawn—just before the sun rose high enough to burn my new sensitive skin. The pack gathered to […]
At her pack’s marking ceremony, Lira is left unchosen—while her twin sister is claimed as Luna in front of everyone. Broken and humiliated, she runs straight into vampire territory… where an ancient vampire lord feels his long-lost mate bond snap into place.
We left at dawn—just before the sun rose high enough to burn my new sensitive skin. The pack gathered to […]
I woke to sunlight filtering through the curtains—and immediate, searing pain. “Shit!” I scrambled away from the window, my skin
Kaian laid me gently on the bed in our guest quarters, his crimson eyes molten with desire carefully controlled. “Are
The ritual circle was drawn in silver ash under the new moon—no light except torches and the faint glow of
Two weeks passed in a blur of meditation, frustration, and tiny victories. Lyla’s wolf was waking up. Slowly. Painfully. But
Drake found me on the third night, while Kaian was hunting with his guards to give me space. I was
The healing house smelled like herbs and desperation. Lyla lay on a cot, looking smaller than I’d ever seen her.
The forest smelled wrong. I’d been gone only a month, but walking through pack territory felt like entering a foreign
The dreams started that night. Not visions of past lives or battles, but something worse: Lyla. I saw her through
The messenger arrived at dawn—the one time of day Nocturne slept. I was in the training grounds with Kaian, going