Three Brothers and Mate’s Regret After I Left
At the full-moon celebration for Leah Rosen, the family's adopted daughter, my three brothers chained me to the judgment pillar in the pack square.
My fiancé, Kyle Mercer, drew a silver blade and plunged it into my chest himself, collecting a smal
l cup of heart's blood to feed the moon moth larva Leah had bought on the black market.
The larva, which had been stiff and lifeless, drank its fill of blood, and its translucent wings began to flutter.
"It's alive. You win again, Leah."
Leah threw herself into his arms, "You lost, Kyle.
"I'll take Leah into town first. I've already sent someone to brew a clotting draught. I'll be right back."
I tried to call out to him, but my eldest brother D