The Werewolf's Bride
She stood just outside the circle, silver hair flowing like liquid moonlight, eyes filled with sorrow deeper than graves.
“You were close,” she said softly. “Closer than any before you. But the First Moon demands exactness. The ritual is incomplete without the final binding, a vow spoken in blood under true darkness, sealed with a kiss of life from the one who carries the original betrayal’s scar.”
Kael’s gaze snapped to her. “What scar?”
Seraphine lifted her wrist, the perfect circle scar Elara had seen before. “Mine. The mark left when the curse first split the packs. It must be kissed, life to life, by the bridge and her mate, while the last drop of willing blood falls on the fang.”