Se connecterMegan was holding back from me. “What are you keeping from me?” I dodged another attack, but my wolf remained silent. I waited for another minute, but still she refused to even look at me. “Fine. If you don’t want to tell me, to trust me, then I will do things my way.” Her head snapped around, and Nix growled. But I ignored both of them and attacked the wolf in front of me. I just needed to injure it enough to get by. Megan growled. You are wasting time. “And you are lying to me. Something we promised years ago to stop doing.” I managed to grab the wolfs leg, and I heard a snap. I dropped it at my feet, then turned and headed straight for Toya. “So either we trust each other, or we don’t. You can’t ask me to blindly trust you when you won’t do the same for me. You either trust me to do what’s right, or you don’t.” I made it to the ring of wolves attacking Toya and her mother, and I started snapping at legs. “Make your decision before I make it for us.”Megan looked at Nix, but my Ly
Theo’s head dropped, his eyes stuck on the spot where his soul was crushed, and Selene turned to me. “We have to go.” She walked over. “Come, sister.”I felt a tugging sensation in my chest, and the green smoke flowed from my nose and mouth. The smoke condensed into a thick cloud of dark green, and Hecate stepped out. Before I could stop my mouth, her name slipped out. “Henny.”The Maiden nodded once before she paused and then shook her head. “Once upon a time, I was, but she was lost ages ago.” She shifted into the Mother. “I gave up that name when Kane died.” I stepped over to her, and without thinking, pulled her into a hug. “I’m sorry you had to go through that.” I turned to Selene and did the same with her. “Both of you deserved more. Having the person you love betray you cuts deeper than most things.”Both goddesses looked at me and chuckled. Selene pulled out of the hug. “Never in my life have I been comforted by someone I created.”Hecate chuckled. “We are the ones usually co
I blinked, and I was back in the cell. The smoke was gone, and everyone was watching me. “What?”Rowan and my father snorted, but it was Mom who walked over to me and grabbed my face. “Are you okay?”I tilted my head at her and smiled. “Of course I am. Why?”She searched my face. “It’s been like twenty minutes. You were surrounded by smoke, making choking noises, and then there was silence. We thought you died.” I felt my throat and eyes change. I saw a soft green glow, the color of my magic, shimmering on her skin. She sucked in a quick breath. “Your eyes…”“I wouldn’t harm her. Like your Moon Goddess, I have chosen her.” The voice that came from my throat was a blend of voices, and it didn’t sound natural. I watched my mother fight not to recoil. She bowed once and stepped back against the wall next to my father. “Please.” She waved her hand to the man in the chair. Theo trembled as we walked close. “You can’t do this to me.”I felt my face smile. It was a little more jarring than
I watched a reflection of myself for a second before I turned back to the scene before us. The redheaded woman begged the Three-Faced Goddess to save her son.“How is this possible?” My words were a soft whisper as the woman called on the Maiden, Mother and Crone. “Because time is relative.” The Moon Goddess stepped up next to us. “And two things can be true at once.” Selene looked at Hecate. “Your child?”Hecate looked away. “Will be born this night. Does our deal stand?”The Moon Goddess turned to watch the man bleeding out. “It does.” She turned back to us, and the mourning mother painted herself with blood. “You helped me when I created the Lycans, and when I had my own child. I will help you now.”Hecate grabbed her arm. “Will it hurt?” Her voice trembled.Selene turned back and cupped her face. “It will for a moment, and then he will be fine.” She kissed her. “I promise your beloved will be fine.” She rubbed her cheek. “But you have to be prepared.”“For what?” I asked. Both t
I spun in a circle. Where was I?“You said you trusted me.” The Maiden stepped up next to me; her youthful face was glowing. “I do.” I answered. “Then follow, and see the truth.” She walked through the trees, and I followed. The leaves that were brown and should have crunched underfoot remained whole. The Maiden walked above it all for a while but then, between one step and another, her feet connected to the ground. “Who’s there?” A deep voice called out in the darkness, and I watched her hesitate before stepping out from behind a bush. “Henny.” The voice warmed, and there were footsteps that rushed out to meet her. I stepped out from behind the bushes and froze. That face. I knew that face. He was still so young, just barely twenty, but his face was bright. “I have missed you, my love.” He wrapped the goddess in his arms, and they kissed. I felt my face fall in surprise. The last time I saw this young man, he was covered in wolf bites, on the verge of death. The Moon Goddess brou
The green smoke curled around me, and I felt as it trickled down my throat. There was movement, but my entire vision was filled with the smoke. I felt tears spring to my eyes as I choked. I felt my body trying to repel the smoke as it tried to get in. Relax. A youthful voice called to me, and I realized it was the Maiden’s voice. Your body is fighting my entry. I closed my eyes. This was the goddess. Of course, it is. Why did you think it was anything else? She giggled, and I forced my body to relax. I don’t know. The Moon Goddess just fills my body when she wants to take over. I tossed back. The Three-faced goddess laughed, her voice becoming older. That’s because your wolves are tied to her. She enters through the same bridge they take when they have to go to someone else. A backdoor, if you will. Why can’t you take that doorway? I choked again as my throat tried to force her out again. Swallow. Rowan’s voice bounced in my mind. It might help. I wanted to snort, but I tried i







