THE LUNA OF MY DESTRUCTION.
the old man intoned, his voice carrying through the still air, “You call forth your mate to renew the bond broken by defiance. Do you swear to bind her by blood and soul?”
“I do,” Darius said, his voice low, and certain.
My heart pounded so loud it drowned everything else.
The elder turned to me. “Elena Vale, do you accept the bond, in body and spirit, and claim your place once more as Luna of this pack?”
My lips parted but no sound came out.
Every eye in the pack watched, waiting for me to submit, to bow my head and accept what fate and Darius demanded.
But all I could feel was the tremor in my chest and the cold pain where freedom used to live.