《The Moon's Mercy: Throne of Ashes》全部章節：第 11 章 - 第 20 章

The air in the Blackwood square was not like it used to be. It was thin. It had a metallic taste. The crown’s power from the Citadel made it vibrate. Elara looked at Joshua. It was like staring at a distorted picture of Damon. They had the broad shoulders and the same way of tilting their head.. The warm smell of the Blackwood woodsmoke was gone, replaced by the smell of a stagnant pond."You look surprised Elara " Joshua said. His voice was like it had many different tones. He walked with an elegance that was a little scary. The Silents moved out of his way like water. "Did you think Jasmine was the one who planned all of this? She was a messenger.. She was very good at it. Her sadness for me was the act she ever did."Elara kept her wings open. The golden light made long shadows on the ground. The pack members were scared. They were hiding behind her. "You let your own brother think you were dead Joshua. You let him feel guilty for months. Why did you do that? So you could wear a si

The creature that had been Joshua was no longer a man. It was not a wolf either. It was a shape that seemed to be made from the night itself. It was very tall, ten feet tall. Its skin looked like liquid obsidian. It seemed to swallow the light of the stars.The dying embers of the Forge were also swallowed by its skin. Where its eyes should have been there were two swirling white pits. These pits were very cold and made the air around them turn into falling ice needles.Elara stood her ground. Her legs felt heavy. Her lungs hurt from the explosion. The "Shadow-Beast" lunged at her. Its huge clawed hand swiped through the air with a sound like tearing silk.Elara dived under the blow. The beast's movement created a vacuum that pulled at her hair and scorched robes."Leo get them back!" Elara screamed. Her voice was cracking. "Take the sentinels into the tunnels! Move!"The young pup did not hesitate. He began dragging the unconscious soldier toward the safety of the mine shafts. He sti

The change from the cold air of the Royal Vault to the clean humming air of the laboratory was very shocking to Elara. It happened fast. One minute she was in the dark and the next she was in a bright white room.Elara opened her eyes. She could not move. She was stuck in a strong glass tank. The tank was filled with a blue liquid that smelled like the air after a storm and mint. The liquid had oxygen in it so Elara could breathe,. It felt heavy in her lungs. It was a reminder that she was a prisoner.Her skin used to be dark and dirty. Now it was very pale. The dark lines under her skin from the vault were still there. They looked like trapped lightning.Outside the tank people in coats were moving around quickly and quietly. They were watching screens and machines, and soldiers with guns were standing near the tanks. There were tanks and Elara saw a face she knew in one of them. It was Silas, her brother. He was suspended in the blue liquid and his eyes were closed.Then a man spoke

The elevator was stuck. It was like a metal box that wouldn't shut. A weird creature, a mix of human and animal had its fingers stuck in the doors. The doors were screeching as they were pulled back like paper. The creature's skin was a see-through purple color. It was stretched tight over its muscles, which were pulsing with a glowing liquid.Jasmine didn't wait. She stepped into the gap, her silver knife shining in the light. She stabbed the creature in the throat. No blood came out. Instead, a thick spray of liquid shot out smelling like chemicals and rot."They're not alive Elara!" Jasmine shouted over the alarms. "They're bodies with programming! Get to the control panel!"Elara, shaking and half-blind from the air crawled towards the buttons. Her fingers were slippery with the liquid. "Icarus is dead! The panel isn't working!""Then find another way!" Jasmine kicked the creatures chest sending it tumbling back into the crowd.. Three more took its place. They moved fast in sync.

The sky above the Blackwood Ridge was not a sky of stars anymore. It was a place where people were fighting. The first missile that hit the ground made the clouds look orange and oily. The air smelled bad because of the smoke and the wolves were coming out of the trees.Elara was standing in the middle of all these and her feet were in the mud. She had a compass in her hand, it was like it was alive and sending her messages. The forest was alive too. Something big was happening. It was called the "Great Awakening". The wolves were not the ones coming. Other groups like the ‘Northern Loners’ and the ‘Grey-Fell Rogues’ were coming too. They were all running to the place.The air was filled with the sounds of animals changing into something. Jasmine was yelling at Elara. She was saying that the planes were moving and they were going to drop something on them. Elara did not move. She was looking at the plane. It was made of metal that could not be seen on radar. The plane was opening its