staring at the woman who

like moonlight, and her glowing ey

ispered, her heart rac

tly, her voice gentl

na, it is me.

couldn't b

ght her moth

n told that her mother

e was, standing

aphina asked, her voice tremb

xpression

I had no choice. There are things you don'

frowned, feeling confus

you," Selene said,

's a curse. A power that

na said, shaking her head. "What

. "Because you are the

ng balance to the wo

took a s

ything. I just want to be free.

ny, Seraphina. You have a role to play, whether you like

nding silently by Serap

balance? What role is

es fight for power. There must be one to unite them all. And Seraphina, your daught

a chill run d

I unlo

phina with a mixture

ina. Only when you embrace your true for

said, her voice shaky. "I've never been

were born with a special gift, one that has been hidden from you.

head. "But how? Ho

ill know when the time is rig

And what happens if she

ve, "the world will fall into chaos. The dar

he weight of her

omething was wrong with he

rstood she wasn't

omething much big

na said, her voice trembling. "I

oked into

ina. You have the strength inside you.

hand on Seraphina's arm. "You're

him, feeling a rush o

but now, with Ravyn by her s

"Together, yo

Seraphina stumbled, and Ravy

ening?" Sera

s eyes

g. The darkne

of the trees, a l

ls, and the sounds of footst

led, stepping in front o

ness, a large f

, its fur is as bl

, and its teeth wer

ina," the wolf growled, i

aphina demanded, h

he wolf said, its voice filled with au

cold shiver run

hy? What ha

's eyes

also the key to the end of everything. The prophecy i

orward, his exp

re us. We'll f

flashed, and it

dea what you'r

again, and the air filled

peared in the sky,

eraphina cried, s

her voice filled with urgency

could reach them, a powerful blast of

e wolf crashing b

ped, staring

that? What

er," Selene said, her

just the b

the distance, but it

Now," Ravyn said,

go?" Seraphina as

ene said. "There, you'll

the ground shook again,

to bend and break, as if som

Ravyn s

e a step, a massive roar

t a wolf

thing much,

raphina cried, her

ws, a giant cr

beast, part wolf, part

ed eyes fixed

n front of her,

ind me,"

led, its voice de

fate, Seraphina. The pro

orward, its claws sla

she stepped back, her bre

cried, reac

hem, the ground cracked open beneath their