Her Second Moon
The Moon’s power wrapped around her like a second skin, pulling her wolf deeper, hiding her from every gaze.
To the world, she was dead.
To Killian, she was lost.
But in the silence between her last breath and her first exile, the Moon’s voice reached her.
“Child, you have carried burdens that were never yours.
Now I release you.
You are no longer bound by a mate who could not see you.
You are free.
Free to be yourself, to live as more than someone’s shadow.”
Her spirit trembled—then steadied.
Her body in Killian’s arms cooled, pale, silent.