Chosen By The Lycan King
I only knew that it answered me when I called.
“I offer it,” I whispered, my voice trembling. “Take it.”
Something tore open inside me.
The sensation was unbearable, it was like my veins were being peeled apart from within, like my heart was breaking and reforming all at once. Warmth flooded down my arms, slick and wet.
I tried to stay calm, knowing what it was.
Blood.
My blood.
It seeped from my fingertips, sinking into the stone as if the formation had been waiting for it. The carvings ignited one by one, glowing a deep, violent red.