Chapter: EndDamonThe courtyard had gone still.Not the carefree silence of a celebration coming to an end, but the vigilant silence of predators spotting something new in the shadows.The wind tickled the flames around him, but the mage stood at the edge of torchlight, his robes still. Like a second skin, magic clung to him, coiled tight and contained.“They are coming,” he had said.Two words. That was all. And yet they had moved through the courtyard like something physical, pressing against the warmth of the celebration until the warmth gave way.I stepped forward, placing myself half a pace in front of Mara without thinking. Not because she needed the cover. She had proven tonight and every night before it that she did not. But because the part of me that lives underneath reason and rank and everything else moved first and I had stopped apologizing for it."Who?" I asked evenly.His gaze shifted to me and something unreadable flickered in his eyes.“The cursed scarred alchemist,” he said. “T
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Chapter: TThe ten best warriors had answered my call this morninThe ten best warriors had answered my call this morning and arrived for training promptly. I didn’t usually schedule additional drills, but the impending arrival of my new luna and her retinue from Black Diamond had my mind spinning. I needed the strain of exercise to center myself.The ten best warriors had answered my call this morning and arrived for training promptly. I didn’t usually schedule additional drills, but the impending arrival of my new luna and her retinue from Black Diamond had my mind spinning. I needed the strain of exercise to center myself.The ten best warriors had answered my call this morning and arrived for training promptly. I didn’t usually schedule additional drills, but the impending arrival of my new luna and her retinue from Black Diamond had my mind spinning. I needed the strain of exercise to center myself.The ten best warriors had answered my call this morning and arrived for training promptly. I d
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Chapter: 66The tone in their voices was aloof and suspiciously kind, which made them seem all the more sinister. They were angling around me in a semi-circle, backing me toward the stream and blocking me from any escape route. As they chatted with each other, they were cornering me like the prey I was.“What are you doing here, dear?” The man named Reynolds’s voice dripped with sickening sweetness. If he was trying to disarm me, he was failing miserably. My skin was crawling, and all I could think of was finding a way out of this mess. No ideas were presenting themselves to me, however. I decided to remain nonchalant and hope I could talk my way out of it.“Nothing much,” I responded. “I just fancied a little fresh air and a picnic.”“You’re a bit close to the Moonstone Pack border for a relaxing picnic,” Reynolds said menacingly. “I doubt your alpha would have authorized you to spend your free time so near his enemies.” His gaze didn’t waver from my face as he spoke. “I’m not so sure you’re her
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Chapter: 65“It doesn’t matter whether she knows the alpha or not,” Theo said. “I told him that she’d be here eventually and he wanted us to check it out. I say we bring our prize back to the pack and see what kind of reward he gives us.”Reynolds looked at me and tipped his head to the side, as if to examine me better from an angle. “We could just bring her head,” he said simply. “He didn’t say to bring her back alive.”Hurry, Jeremy. I’m doing the best I can, but I need you, I implored telepathically, wishing there was some way he could hear me and that he would be here soon.“Maybe we should take her back with us, boss,” one of the men said. I heard a tremor of fear in his voice and suppressed a smile.“Why?” Reynolds sneered at him. “You’re not scared of the alpha, are you?”The man hung his head, not wanting to displease his leader, but I could tell that he was scared. So was Reynolds, for that matter, but he was better at hiding it.“We aren’t scared, Reynolds,” Reynolds’s right-hand man sa
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Chapter: 64“It doesn’t matter whether she knows the alpha or not,” Theo said. “I told him that she’d be here eventually and he wanted us to check it out. I say we bring our prize back to the pack and see what kind of reward he gives us.”Reynolds looked at me and tipped his head to the side, as if to examine me better from an angle. “We could just bring her head,” he said simply. “He didn’t say to bring her back alive.”Hurry, Jeremy. I’m doing the best I can, but I need you, I implored telepathically, wishing there was some way he could hear me and that he would be here soon.“Maybe we should take her back with us, boss,” one of the men said. I heard a tremor of fear in his voice and suppressed a smile.“Why?” Reynolds sneered at him. “You’re not scared of the alpha, are you?”The man hung his head, not wanting to displease his leader, but I could tell that he was scared. So was Reynolds, for that matter, but he was better at hiding it.“We aren’t scared, Reynolds,” Reynolds’s right-hand man sa
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Chapter: 63“It doesn’t matter whether she knows the alpha or not,” Theo said. “I told him that she’d be here eventually and he wanted us to check it out. I say we bring our prize back to the pack and see what kind of reward he gives us.”Reynolds looked at me and tipped his head to the side, as if to examine me better from an angle. “We could just bring her head,” he said simply. “He didn’t say to bring her back alive.”Hurry, Jeremy. I’m doing the best I can, but I need you, I implored telepathically, wishing there was some way he could hear me and that he would be here soon.“Maybe we should take her back with us, boss,” one of the men said. I heard a tremor of fear in his voice and suppressed a smile.“Why?” Reynolds sneered at him. “You’re not scared of the alpha, are you?”The man hung his head, not wanting to displease his leader, but I could tell that he was scared. So was Reynolds, for that matter, but he was better at hiding it.“We aren’t scared, Reynolds,” Reynolds’s right-hand man sa
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