Blood and Moon: Book Two - Onyx
She narrowed her eyes into slits, a defiant look now crossed her face as if she was fighting internally with her emotions.
“You don’t even know your true history. Do you think it’s a coincidence the males in your family develop an illness, one that coincidentally started after your ancestor stole the power from Marcellus? It is a way to curse you for your transgressions against nature, for taking something that did not belong to you. Although, for whatever reason it does not kill you.
So, in order to be your Luna, I needed to magnify that illness to make sure your predecessor was out of the picture.”