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
OwenI head straight to the guard and soldiers’ quarters. I scan the names printed on the doors until I come across the one I’m looking for. Then I bang on it.“Jackson!” a voice groans from within. “I cannot party with you another night in a row. I need my damn sl—”The soldier slams his mouth shut
“Yes,” I answer. “But at the end of the day, there are thousands of werewolves and only one king. If they all choose to dethrone him, he loses his power.”“Anyone who wants to stay in power has to keep their subjects happy,” she concludes.I nod. “I want to help the humans, but I don’t know how to i
OwenI throw Ava out of my room with more dignity than she deserves. I’m seething, but I have this aching sorrow growing in my chest, too. Almost like abandonment.It doesn’t take long for me to realize it’s not my feeling. And even less time before a nervous, disembodied voice sounds within my room
OwenI remove Amelia’s collar wordlessly from the hallway, hanging it just inside her room. My mind is racing, wondering if I played the situation wrong with Sebastian.I believe that he is not their leader. He has the confidence to lead, and his companions were clearly loyal to him, but he’s too pa







