my feet making a heavy sound. But she ran so fast, l

by the same mark?" I sh

he wa

ck with pine, and instantly I smelled something different. I looked beside a

bleeding heavily, and his leg was twisted at an odd angle. But what struck me mos

Instead, I rushed

, can you

ck with my hands and I could still fee

I carried him home and

me, Mariya was

nd dressed him, I sat down p

I went to feed him. When I

ur gazes matched-those pale, weak eyes

suddenly,

aid quickly. "You

me, then the ro

d saw the mark-the same

jol

he breathed, his

ed. "Ex

to his knees, wi

ealize I was in the pre

igure out what was wrong with him. "Wh

ad, his eyes searched m

Moon Crest. Only the royal

dried. "Mo

the spot ben

seal of the true Luna lineage

mpossible

only once before, on the late Qu

, the door burst ope

tely she saw him-the wounded warr

he doin

d. "I brought him her

ed the man against the wall

betrayed. I was the only one that escaped. "I have been on a search to find the remnants o

er

d at me and

tepped bac

quietly. "You've done enough, l

and left almo

had p

watching Leo with a look of conte

, the si

ing the full moon. Instead, he would sta

odic sounds that didn't belong t

ound his body. I blinked, thinking I was imagining thi

ame th

olden and surrounded by

older, dressed in silver fur, and his eyes glowed like

to me, he said, "

eating and pa

ttage began to tremble-little by

im to where

ppened?"

pointing to Leo. "Th

him t

e becoming

him, her voi

g, Lila. He

k another questio

ut didn't move t

gain, this time

silence for some time but we s

p, read it and han

ine; Lila of lycan, you must return t