CROWNED BY BLOOD
“I’m not here to out you, Luna. I’m here to understand why you’ve been hunted. And to offer you something you don’t seem to get often: honesty.”
I didn’t know whether to believe him, but something in his tone grounded, almost sorrowful, kept me from walking away.
“Why are you really here, Kai?”
“Because the balance of our world is tipping, and if we don’t act soon, it’ll collapse.”
We sat in a quiet grove away from the others, the moonlight dappled through the trees. Kai leaned forward, elbows on his knees, his expression serious.
“There’s a conspiracy building against the werewolf world,” he began. “Something ancient. Older than most of us even realize.”