MOON MARKED BY THE LYCAN KING
"I cannot let you leave the room, but I cannot stop you from looking. Just know that if that flame reaches the gate, the wards will fall. And if the wards fall... nothing in this fortress is safe. Not even the King."
I nodded, moving back to the window, my heart racing against my ribs. The silver flame was moving now, drifting upward through the trees like a ghost caught in an updraft. It was beautiful, in a haunting, mournful way that pulled at the very center of my chest. As I watched it, the sounds of the castle began to change. The wind against the glass didn't sound like a whistle anymore; it sounded like voices—thousands of them, whispering in a tongue that was half-hiss, half-song. It