MINE BEFORE THE BLOOD MOON
That terrified me more than any monster.
Finally Diana sighed. "The Hollow Kings were never imprisoned for seeking power." I frowned. "What?" "They were imprisoned because they found something." The room fell silent and the older woman looked centuries older suddenly, as though the memory itself exhausted her. "They found a queen." The air left my lungs. No. No, no, no. Diana continued. "A queen blessed directly by the Moon Goddess." My wolf stirred uneasily while the older woman looked directly at me. "Her power was unlike anything the world had ever seen." The room seemed colder. "She could command wolves," a pause, "shaped Moonfire," another pause, "walk between life and death."