The Werewolf's Bride
The remaining betas formed a loose circle around the crater, claws out, ears pricked for any sound that did not belong to the wind.
The Order's survivors had fled after Darius's fragment retreated into the stone, but they had not gone far. Elara could smell them, faint traces of myrrh and silver on the breeze, circling like vultures waiting for the kill.
"They'll come at moonrise," Seraphine said, voice low. "When the Second Dark Moon peaks, the fragment inside you will be strongest. They'll try to force your hand, make you bleed willingly one last time to complete their ritual."