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
AmeliaIt’s human instinct, and probably werewolf instinct, too, to fight off whatever creature has just woken you out of a dead sleep by forcing a bag over your head.I flail, making accidental contact against something with my elbow. A throat, I guess, based on the choking sound that follows. But
OwenThe second I close the door to Amelia’s room behind us, I whirl on her. “What are you doing?”The new human I’ve named Sarah flinches at my response, hurrying to put the bed between us. I note the panicked move and relax my muscles a little.My wolf growls at me for yelling at Amelia. She looks
AmeliaMolly looks to me for guidance. I want to tell her to run, but with Ava standing between us and the door we have nowhere to run to. Neither of us could outrun a werewolf.“Guards!” Ava calls, and my bedroom door flies open as werewolf palace guards spill in. “I knew you were hiding something,
“I’ve already put them on,” I lie, wondering if I’ll be able to enlist Molly to assist me instead. “I was about to go to sleep.”“Of course,” the prince replies. “I apologize for the hour. I got caught up in my work, but I wanted to make sure to check on you before I went to bed.”He hesitates, and







