His Rejected Mate's Secret
The path to Bloodstone was not just mine to walk; it was the path that fate had carved, illuminated by silver threads of warning and promise alike.
The night grew still again, the light in the spring softening to a gentle luminescence. I sank to my knees, placing the twins against the water’s edge, their reflections faintly mirrored in its glow. Their silver eyes stared back, a quiet affirmation of what we had become, what we were destined to be. And above us, the Moon hung full, a sentinel casting a path through the sky that pointed unerringly north, toward the war we had yet to face.
The ritual had ended. The valley held its breath. And I, mother and wolf and Luna, felt the weight of the c