MOON OF ASHES
Slowly, the two halves of the altar slid apart, grinding across the ash-ringed floor until a cavity yawned open between them.
Inside lay a dagger.
It was nothing like the crude hunting blades Silas carried. This was a ritual weapon, slender and wickedly curved, its hilt wrapped in dark leather etched with runes that seemed to shift when looked at too long. The blade itself was silver so pure it seemed almost liquid, but down the centre ran a vein of black, pulsing faintly like a living thing.
Ava’s breath caught. “It’s real…”
The child-wolf crouched low, ears flat, eyes fixed on the dagger. In Ava’s mind a rush of images slammed into her: a hand driving that blade into a chest; a man’s face
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