nd the big stone house with the chimney as a dark silhouette up against the brightening sky. She stood in the cold; her breath fogging up in the air long before she tho

"We are going to start by tapping into your connection to the moon. That is

She had no idea how she would reach for a power

mall smile. "Cl

lly notice the sounds of the forest all around her now. Birds chirping, leaves rustling i

art to feel the air around you. The moon is always present, even

he knew her body was standing on Earth beneath those black, booted feet. And then... there was something tugging.

she said quietly,

"Now focus on it,

he humming pulsed deep within her and traveled through her veins. And then she came to a st

rows furrowing in concentration. "It

rting. "You're holding back because you're afraid of

stration bubbling to the su

st it. Your power is attached to your feelings, and you can't con

pside down? She found herself thrown into a fight she did not understand, with men

She didn't even hear him, but now he stood only a f

inside of herself, again, but the fear was there, wrapping around her body like icy chains. The power was there ju

ned, exhaling frust

of another body entering the canvas grounding her. "Sto

something different-not through fear, but need. She was pu

for a single moment, everything felt sharper and crisper and the air was alive with e

soft tones, a quiet ap

ing as her heart raced with

d, stepping closer, eyes shining with p

lden boy-magic glowing in the early morning light, and he bo

a's face. "Barely. I just don

a little, back into their completion, as soon as he had floated in. "Next, we will wo

th it. It was all right there, just a moment from grasping it, a

d breeze exploded through the clearing and brought with

er and his body went ri

s darkened

with volition with his attention concentr

the clearing, appeared a figure. He stood tall and broad-shouldered, with dark hair and handsome, angular features. His eyes

led, a dangerous rumble

died her, the wolf-man now smiling coldly, m

mooth as silk, deadly and warm. "I have

lding her from Ronan's gaze. "You a

shing feral hunger as he said, "Oh, I

ore the wolf-man morphed into a monstrous hulking wolf. His eyes wer

lready shifting himself as h

line coursed through her, but her feet were locked as the hulking wolf charged forward, claws

split second, and terrified brief secon

s coming

nowhere le