The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna
Just an inch, but enough to make the candle flame jump
“Come on,” I whispered. “Come on, come on.”
I braced my back against the web, threw my weight, and the table groaned across the floor, tilting toward me. The candle slid to the edge, the flame wavering in the air.
I took another breath, gritted my teeth, and threw my weight one more time.
The candle wobbled on the edge of the table for an eternal moment before it finally tipped.
It rolled off the edge of the table and dropped to the floor. For a sickening second, I thought the flame had snuffed out in the fall. But then the web began to smoke.