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MIRAMy phone. Elara's voice came through. She was really scared. Her voice was shaking. "They're here. The hunters. All of them. Mira they're killing everyone!""Where are you?" I was already running to get the cars. "Elara where—""The funeral grounds. They came fast. I think there are fifty hunters and they're fighting civilians and kids and—" Her voice stopped because of screaming. I heard people yelling and howling.CHAPTER 50: RACE AGAINST TIMEMIRAMy phone. Elara's voice came through. She was really scared. Her voice was shaking. "They're here. The hunters. All of them. Mira they're killing everyone!""Where are you?" I was already running to get the cars. "Elara where—""The funeral grounds. They came fast. I think there are fifty hunters and they're fighting civilians and kids and—" Her voice stopped because of screaming. I heard people yelling and howling."Elara!" I shouted into the phone. "Elara talk to me!"Then there was an explosion and static and then nothing.The call was dead.I stood there holding my phone. My heart was racing. Everyone around me was staring at me waiting for me to say something."They're hitting Shadowfang now." The words came out flat. "Everyone who stayed behind for the funeral. Civilians. Kids. No one to protect them.""How far?" Dante's face was white."At thir
CHAPTER 49: THE TRAITOR REVEALEDMIRA"You are the wolf." I did not phrase it as a question. The tablet Theron gave us was still in my hand. The evidence was. Absolute. "You have been playing both sides from the beginning."Vera stood in the church doorway. She was backlit by fire from the battle. She was completely calm while chaos raged around her. "Finally you figured it out. I was wondering how long it would take.""You killed River." Lunas voice was raw. "You made sure she was alone. You made sure the hunters knew where to hit.""That girls death served a purpose." Veras tone did not change. She sounded clinical and cold. "Every death in this war has served a purpose. The Moonborn needed to be angry enough to fight back. The ancient families needed to feel threatened enough to commit everything. I orchestrated the conditions for mutual destruction."My hands were shaking with rage. "You are insane.""I'm pragmatic "
CHAPTER 48: ENEMIESMIRAThe Silvanus patriarchs voice was loud in the empty church. "You brought a lot of people " he said as we walked in. "I told you to bring a few.""Six people is not a lot " I said. I kept my hands where he could see them. I did not have any weapons. "Especially when we are meeting with a family that has been trying to hurt us for months."He nodded. "That is a point." He stepped into a beam of light. I saw him clearly. He was very old. His face and hands had a lot of lines and scars. "My name is Theron Silvanus. I am not related to your leader even though we have the last name.""I am Mira " I said. I did not shake his hand. "Why are we here?"He said, "I am tired of all the fighting. It is pointless." He pointed to the benches. "Please sit down. This conversation will be better if we are not all ready to fight."Nobody moved.Theron said, "My granddaughter died three days ago. She was seventeen years old. She was killed by the Corvinus family during a fight. T
CHAPTER 47: FUNERAL AND FURYMIRAI stood in front of the gathered wolves my voice loud and clear in the rain. "River was sixteen years old " I said. The rain was falling like the sky was crying with us. "She spent eight years running and hiding just trying to survive.. When she finally stood up for herself they killed her."I looked over at the pyre where Rivers body lay wrapped in cloth. She was so small and young. I felt a pang of guilt and sadness. "I promised River that we would make it safe for Moonborn like her to exist " I said, my hands clenched into fists. "I promised her she wouldn't have to run.. I failed her."Lunas voice cut through the rain. "You didn't fail River, Mira " she said. She was standing at the edge of the crowd her face streaked with tears and rain. "River chose to fight. She chose to protect what mattered to her. Don't take that away from her by feeling guilty."Lunas words hit me hard. She was right. It didn't make me feel any better. I was still filled wi
CHAPTER 46: ALPHARAELI couldn't stop staring at my hands. They were covered in blood still warm, from the hunter who'd killed Elena. My sister. Twenty years I'd been lied to. Twenty years I'd hunted the enemy.Beta Marcus touched my shoulder. "Alpha we need orders.""Orders " I repeated. The word tasted like ash. "I've been taking orders from people who murdered my sister. Following their plans. Becoming their weapon." I laughed,. It came out broken. "What kind of Alpha does that make me?"Mira appeared beside me covered in soot and blood. "The kind who was manipulated by beings more cunning than any of us. The kind who can choose differently now."I looked at her. Saw Elena. Same age, same determination, power. My sister had died trying to save Moonborn. I'd spent two decades destroying them."She would hate what I became " I said.Mira held out her hand. "So become something she'd be proud of. Starting now."
CHAPTER 46: ALPHARAELI couldn't stop staring at my hands. They were covered in blood still warm, from the hunter who'd killed Elena. My sister. Twenty years I'd been lied to. Twenty years I'd hunted the enemy.Beta Marcus touched my shoulder. "Alpha we need orders.""Orders " I repeated. The word tasted like ash. "I've been taking orders from people who murdered my sister. Following their plans. Becoming their weapon." I laughed,. It came out broken. "What kind of Alpha does that make me?"Mira appeared beside me covered in soot and blood. "The kind who was manipulated by beings more cunning than any of us. The kind who can choose differently now."I looked at her. Saw Elena. Same age, same determination, power. My sister had died trying to save Moonborn. I'd spent two decades destroying them."She would hate what I became " I said.Mira held out her hand. "So become something she'd be proud of. Starting now."I took her hand. She pulled me to my feet.Ashback wolves watched us wait
CHAPTER 28: BREAKDOWNMIRA'S POVThe silver fire leaves my body like it was ripped off and torn out of me.The chamber is half gone. The stone cracked open like a bone. The Metals are twisted. Smoke on the floor and entering the back of my throat. My ears ring so hard it feels like I’m underwater
CHAPTER 27 THE ASSASSINAUNT NELLY'S POVThe body is still warm when I kneel beside it.That tells me everything I need to know.I push the hood back and study his face. He's a young boy and too young to be doing this kind of work. His neck is broken clean, quick. He never saw it coming. Good. Fear
CHAPTER 26 TEST ONE – TORTUREMIRA'S POVThe arena feels different when I stand in the center of it with no weapons and no escape route, it feels more like a cage.The stone under my feet is cold. The walls is too high. Every face in the crowd feels too close. Shadowfang fills the stands, forced to
CHAPTER 25 THE COUNCIL ARRIVESMIRA’S P.O.VThe main hall feels smaller the moment they walk in.Five of them.The air shifts like something heavy just settled on my chest. My fingers curl without me meaning to and Alpha Theron notices immediately. He steps half a pace closer, not touching me but c







