THE LUNA WHO WASN'T SUPPOSED TO EXIST
Luna looked around the clearing — at Marta, exhausted and fierce and finally, fully honest with her; at Damon, wounded and trying, however imperfectly, to earn back some measure of the trust he'd broken; at Selene, sharp and steady, already thinking three steps ahead; at Kade, steady and certain beside her, carrying a promise that had cost his family everything and given it willingly anyway.
"Then let's move fast," she said.
The next three days passed in a blur of travel and careful, urgent diplomacy. They moved from pack to pack — some cautious like Rowan had been, weighing the risk with careful, practical eyes; others more openly resentful of the crown's reach, eager for any rallying point