ra'

naive little illiterate isn't our long-lost Luna at all. Just an unwit

ster intimations coalesced into a horrifying reali

ion crashing over me. "The actual Luna, your brother's m

xcuse for a Luna had far too strong a grip over my Alphas. I merely...removed an inco

instinct screaming at me to flee from their poison

n cut in with a low, mocking chuckle. "You'd be surprised what depravities an

g with sinister intent as his gaze raked

arted Luna, perhaps my brother and his degenerate mutts will be more inc

full extent of their twisted machin

una, then used me - some hapless pawn - as a stand-in to infi

," I spat, refusing to show them an ounce of the bone-deep terror spiraling

losing around my throat in a bruising grip

rise, scrabbling futilely ag

s obsidian eyes bored into mine. "Fate has marked you with the Luna's scent, pet

hing against the frantic pu

etched world asunder from within. Play your part, or I'll slaughte

the realization of my total and utte

caught in the sadistic crossfire of the

t when they used my own family and loved

e the pack from within...or suff

faster than grains throu

ruthless promise, the last remnants of hope c

s Damien's bruising grip constricting my airway and th

ted into this sadistic game of wolf po

alculation glittering in her sharp gaze

nds across my flesh as his finge

th slammed home: they wouldn't hesitate to dispose of m

disposable casualty i

nside source to infiltrate and dest

by a tenuous thread, to be snapped on a whim i

lled up in a choking surge, but

y in whether my death would be a meaningless, fruitles

t settled, cold and leaden, in the pit of my hollow che

ould undermine the

pulse in my throat, his lips quirking in a sinister smirk of

like nails over scorched fles

amien released me, leaving me to crumple

lazed through me even as dread's icy

b sent willingly into the wolves' den as a

e, only a winding trail of blood and hea

y - of howling beasts, splintered bones and spilled crimson beneath a bleed

se victorious from this

t ignited an all-consuming blaze

realm had delivered me to their door marked for sacrifi

usly ushered into literal nightmare's foul womb to

's mocking scorn, I clung to the flicker of

ir game

lling executioner

eper agent who feigned obedience while seeking a path to

onsumed us all, I'd be damned if I went

was

ctical campaign...it