All Chapters of Buried Under the Full Moon: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

"Sign the paper. The system will wipe your identity from the West Coast in three minutes."The monitor glared back at me. One tap of my finger, and the screen flashed red with a single word: REVOKED.A syringe lay on the corner of my metal desk, filled with concentrated suppressants. Just enough to force my inner wolf into a coma and fake my death.Nora, my second-in-command, slammed her hand over the transfer papers. Her eyes were bloodshot."Dr. Winslet, he is erasing you! You spent three years curing his rabid soldiers. Now he throws you out to Florida like garbage?""Take your hand off the papers, Nora." My voice did not shake.I closed the thick medical logs from the last three years. Every page was full of my blood, literally. I made serums to purge his wolfsbane poison. Every full moon, he held me close to soothe my damaged beast. But the moment his own beast tried to take over, he shoved me away. He never laid a finger on me.For three years, he never gave me his mark."Your wo

"Take it. If border patrol stops you, flash this card and drop our name. Don't cause trouble."Before I climbed into the SUV, my father shoved a black card into my hand.No hug. Just cold instructions."It has high-level clearance. Burn it once you cross the border. No one can ever link you back to this family."I gripped the card tight and pulled open the passenger door.The SUV rolled out of the garage, heading straight north.We hit the Gray Zone market on the outskirts of Seattle. I pressed two fingers against the collar."Pull over. The electrodes are misfiring. My wolf is rejecting the metal. I need neutralizing herbs from the corner shop."Lucas hit the brakes. He gave me a sharp look. "Don't play games, Winslet. The Alpha expects us back at the tower in two hours.""I am wearing a shock collar, Lucas. Where would I run?" I held up the clearance card. My voice stayed completely dead. "Or do you want me going into shock on the road and ruining your little plan tonight?"He waited

The shrill alarm was still ringing through the soundproof glass. Lucas ignored it. He stepped forward, blocked the window, and kept his voice calm and respectful."Alpha, it's just the bond breaking. Her body is fighting the shock. Breaking a soul tie always rips through the wolf's nerves. The harder the shock, the cleaner the break. The life-support will take over. She'll wake up in four hours once we hit the safe zone."My father forced a quick, nervous smile. "Yes, Alpha. Everything followed the medical protocol. The guests are waiting upstairs. The news of Winslet's death is already out. If you don't announce it yourself, the press will get suspicious."Roderick frowned. A sudden, hollow ache tore through his chest, leaving him restless. He stared through the glass at my pale, lifeless face. He pushed down the strange dread in his gut and gave a cold command."Report to me the second she wakes up."He turned and walked away, heading straight for the coronation on the top floor.The

"Lock down the city! Bring every neuro specialist and life-support rig on the West Coast right now!"Within thirty minutes, searchlights blinded the makeshift medical tent.Power surged through the metal exam table. The defibrillator slammed down hard, once, then again. Six full vials of wolf-awakening serum were emptied. The glowing green liquid vanished into my veins without a spark. Nothing.All night long, the shock pads burned against my chest. Skin turned pale and raw.Dawn cracked across the sky in cold shades of gray. The monitor line stayed flat and dead.The chief specialist's knees gave out. He dropped hard onto the freezing floor, his voice shaking. "Her wolf is gone. There's nothing left to save..."The other doctors dropped their heads in unison. No one dared to look at the man by the table.Roderick did not draw his gun. He did not rage. He stood by the metal table, picked up a warm white cloth, and gently wiped the dried, black poison from the corner of my lips.His eye

My burial came soon after.Nora carried out my final wishes. Roderick did not bring an escort of luxury cars. Only a single black SUV carried the heavy alloy pod up to the cold fir peak in the Rocky Mountains.It was far from the city. The air smelled crisp and clean, filled with the scent of the fir trees I loved.Freezing sleet blew across the loose gravel on the ridge.The grave was cut into the jagged rock near the cliff edge. A black marble headstone stood beside it. There was no family crest. No Alpha seal. Only a single name carved deep into the stone: Winslet.Pulleys groaned as the heavy pod went down into the frozen earth."Wait! Let me through!"My mother broke through the guard line and fell face-first into the mud."My Winslet was always scared of being alone. Let me talk to her..."Nora took a wide step and blocked the pit."Too little, too late," Nora said, staring down at the woman in the dirt. "Four years ago, the doctor knelt outside your estate in the pouring rain. D