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“She’s a combination of the Thresh pack and the Black pack—her mom’s pack and her dad’s. That combo’s rare, Damien. She’s the key to waking Selene, the Moon Goddess. If she gets near her mother or near that cult, she’s done. They’ll use her, or she’ll burn herself out. Don’t let her go there.” I flipped it open, the Latin scrawling across the page, my fingers tracing the words I couldn’t read but understood too well. Olivia hadn’t seen it since Larry stole it—she’d never cracked its spine, never knew what she was. A walking time bomb, Archimedes had called her. Thresh and Black blood made her strong, volatile, powerful enough to rouse a goddess—or kill one. I’d grabbed it back from the mill

Well, this is part of the cross and she will bear it, no matter what. A short scream of pain escaped her lips when something pricked her index finger which she had left on the strange book. Olivera looked down, amazed when a tiny droplet of her blood lingered on the book that she had on her lap. Lingered in a circle inside a circle, the only drawing on the first page.

"Because we are not pieces you can move with partial information anymore. You've seen what we do with partial information. Imagine what we can do with all of it." A long silence. Celeste looked at them both Magnus and Vivienne, side by side at the library table, with three centuries of supernatural law spread between them and a pack at their backs and the specific quality of two people who had earned, through an extended and brutal process, the right to know exactly what they were up against. "The Blood Oath was not just a transaction," Celeste said finally. "I know," Magnus said.

Perhaps it's effect is only mild. She poured a little of the blood in an empty glass she found on the table, then she added just a little ash and stirred. She frowned when nothing happened. Was the book wrong? If the book was wrong, the book wouldn't be restricted. She then added a little more ash, and the the blood began to foam. Interesting. She watched it closely, taking note of every single change. By the time the blood stopped foaming, it had turned black. She smiled. Now she wondered if this would work on the royal vampires. If only she could get their blood.

“There’s something I need to show you.” Alice frowned as Mira pulled out a small, leather-bound book, its edges worn and stained. She handed it to Alice, her fingers brushing hers—warm, too warm. “My family’s kept this for years. It’s… history. About the packs.” Alice opened it, her hands shaky. The pages were old, filled with cramped writing and strange symbols—circles, crescents, claws. One word jumped out: Hybrid. Her stomach twisted as she read a line: Born of man and moon, the one who carries both bloods shall break or bind the packs.

Declan stands motionless by the floor-to-ceiling window, the neon glow of the city bleeding across the hardwood like liquid gold, painting his silhouette in flickering light. His shirt hangs loose, the fabric clinging to the damp heat of his skin, sleeves pushed up to reveal the corded muscle of his forearms. The faintest sheen of sweat glistens along his collarbone, catching the light as his chest rises and falls with controlled restraint. His jaw is set, a muscle ticking beneath the stubble, his shoulders taut with something raw and unspoken. I can see the pulse hammering at the base of his throat, the way his fingers flex at his sides, as if fighting the urge to reach for me.

We had to stay alert. Before we reached the entrance to the cells, I froze. The scent of blood and damp stone filled my nostrils. Fuck, this was bad. And beneath that, I could still catch traces of her—lingering from when she had come down here before. Every step was heavy, my mind cycling through every worst-case scenario. The scent of blood thickened around me before I even stepped into the cell block. Thick, metallic, laced with the sharp tang of copper. My stomach clenched. A shifter had bled here—and a lot.

It has been waiting my entire life for the moment when I stopped being afraid of it. I am not afraid of it anymore. The Moonblood does not surface gradually. There is no gentle emergence, no careful unveiling. One moment I am Eira Quinn, former omega of the Ashbane Pack, mother of one five year old who forgets his boots and checks his left buckle twice and has his father's eyes and my stubbornness and more power in his small hands than anyone in this clearing fully understands. The next moment I am all of that and something ancient underneath it. Something that was here before the packs. Before the territories and the borders and the Alpha wars and the prophecies written on stone tablets by

I nod, her words settling into my bones like a vow. As the sun begins to set, painting the crystal wastes in shades of crimson and gold, Thessia calls Kael and me to her tent. We enter to find her sitting cross-legged on a pile of cushions, a shallow bowl of water in front of her. The water glows faintly silver—dreamwater, I realize. For scrying or prophecy. "Sit," she commands, and we obey. She studies us both for a long moment, her sharp eyes missing nothing. "The Bloodmoon will be fully risen in two hours. Kael, are you prepared?"

PROLOGUE "Red is always symbolizing love. But for Rose it had never been love. It was blood. Even her name has red on it. Blood that she hates. If she has the time to turn things back on, she will never ever tie herself to the man that she once loved. "