MARTEN HOLLANDThe full moon had met us.Leah turned to me, and I turned to her. For a single heartbeat, the war disappeared. The screams, the blood, the dying, the mountain. Everything faded beneath the silver glow pouring from the heavens. Her eyes reflected the moonlight. My chest tightened, not from my curse, not from pain, not from Varkai.From her.The woman standing beside me, the woman kingdoms wanted. The woman these woodlands were willing to slaughter thousands for. The woman I had declared mine before every living soul on this battlefield. A growl erupted from the surviving Alpha standing before us. His bones cracked, his body expanded. His flesh twisted violently. The transformation was savage, brutal, uncontrolled. Fur exploded across his skin. Claws burst from his fingers. His jaw elongated into a wolf's muzzle. The second Alpha followed immediately. Both monsters towered over ordinary wolves. Their eyes glowed crimson beneath the moonlight.Around us the battlefield tran
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