The Werewolf's Bride
She landed lightly beside the body, breathing hard, blood, his and hers, dripping from her fingertips.
The clearing erupted into chaos.
Kael tore through two scouts in seconds, their screams swallowed by his jaws. Betas flanked the rest, cutting off escape. But Elara felt it, the wrongness still lingering, stronger now, closer.
A shadow detached from the far treeline, tall, cloaked, unmoving while the others fought and died. No weapon raised. Just watching.
Elara’s hybrid eyes locked on the figure.
The hood fell back.
Mara.
The servant girl’s face was pale, eyes wide with something like regret and resolve. In her hand, a small crystal vial glowing sickly green, the source of the poison scent