All Chapters of Twin Moon Hidden Throne: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Chapter 2: The Wrong Crest"Stand down, healer. We're not here for you."The man who stepped through the ruined doorway wore no helm, only a leather gorget stamped with the crowned wolf, and he said the words like they were meant to be a kindness. Behind him, two more men filled the frame, swords still sheathed but hands resting on the hilts in a way that made the threat plain enough without needing steel drawn."You're standing in my house," Wren said, "with my door in pieces on my floor. Forgive me if I don't take that as reassurance.""We were told there were children here matching a description the House of Vaelith has interest in." The lead man's eyes moved past her, to where Ashe and Elowen stood pressed against the far wall, Mira half a step in front of them. "That interest doesn't have to end badly for anyone tonight. Hand them over quietly, and you keep your life. Fight us, and we take them anyway, and you simply won't be alive to see it.""That's not an offer," Mira snap

Chapter 4: The Prince Rides Blind"Get them inside now, both of them, move!"Callum was already moving toward the two Hollis boys as they stumbled into the ruined light spilling from Wren's doorway, the older one still dragging his bleeding brother by the collar of his shirt. Wren, a bit shifted, caught the younger boy before he collapsed entirely, his wolf shape flickering weakly at the edges like he no longer had the strength to hold it."Why are they screaming his name?" Mira demanded, already dropping to her knees beside them, hands moving fast and sure over the worst of the wounds. "Who's Theron to two Hollis boys?""They're not screaming for him," Wren said, understanding arriving a half second before the words did. "They're screaming because of him. Look at the road."Beyond the treeline, torches were multiplying, not scattering the way a retreating raiding party would, but converging, and threaded through the chaos was a new sound, a rider breaking hard from the dark, blade