LOGINIt might be the last time I ever heard him laugh. Mother was killed soon after.I couldn’t protect her, but I will do everything in my power to protect my people. Starting with killing three Sun Warriors and getting one step closer to finding my mole.I release the arrow, but I don’t watch the elega
OwenAfter Tresalia has enthusiastically agreed to join the war efforts against the Sun Warriors, I head northwest toward the outer border between Tresalia and Quartane. It’s not particularly hard to convince anyone to go to war against the humans, what with the continued werewolf killings.That and
Then again, it would have been disastrous for the kingdom if I ended up with a human, and the daughter of the most fearsome Sun Warrior our people have ever known at that. I would have been blinded by my love for Amelia and never understood how terrible humans could be.I would have been wholly unpr
OwenDiego wanted to join me. But I couldn’t let him come. I sent him with Father to the eastern territories instead.Diego’s still my number one suspect as our mole, so I need him as far away from my plan as possible.I bounce atop my trotting horse through Dosian toward the beginning of the Red Fo
I make sure he eats, that someone offers to take care of him for the night. Tomorrow, we’ll talk to him more and send out scouts to see if he has any living family members left alive. If not, there are a lot of families here ready to adopt another child orphaned by werewolves.He’ll be okay.I have
NatashaOnce the First Quarter is back in view, I slow my jog to a walk for the comfort of the child on my back. He’s not hurt, so we’re not in a rush now that we’re almost back to the village.Sebastian and the scout from today’s run hurry past me, carrying a man between them. He was conscious when
AmeliaI don’t know why I wandered the halls on my own the first time.After almost dying, after watching the effect that had on Isaiah, after the reminder that I have something to fight for, I certainly can’t explain why I go out and do it again the next night.All I know is that I’m tired. I’m tir
Except she’s not alone. Isaiah stands guard at the top of the stairs, only a few steps away. I still don’t feel ready to talk to Amelia, but his raised eyebrows and the nearly anger in his eyes as he glares at me then looks to Amelia, prompts me to let her in.I think I may have just lost my guard’s
“Why trust a word I say?” Diego asks.“I haven’t decided whether or not I will. But there’s only one way to find out. Did you plant the knife?”Diego’s brows furrow heavily. “What knife?”I want to believe he truly has no idea what I’m talking about. For now, I shelve the topic.“You slept with Ava,
AmeliaI’m still sitting on the floor, having just pushed the box of my mother’s items back under my bed, contemplating everything I’ve learned today, when there’s yet another knock on my door.“Your dinner, Miss Maya,” someone calls through the door. I scramble up to open it, catching the human who







