Chapter 20

Rowan

It should be impossible for a werewolf to hate the moon. Just thinking about it made Rowan feel like he was turning his back on the Moon Goddess herself. But how else was he supposed to feel when it was constantly used to hurt him and his people? The moon meant everything to them. Even Eris didn’t look forward to the pack runs under the full moon anymore. How could he? Kara always cooked up fresh hell for them to have to navigate. The morale of his pack was severely suffering. No destined mates, no luna, no full moon celebrations. At this point, the only thing keeping people from leaving or from other packs from attacking was the fear of the witches. Something had to give.

Rowan rushed to hop in the shower and change clothes. He didn’t bother to unpack when he got there. He got distracted pretty quickly. On his way out he looked around for the girl, Elly. Something about her pulled his attention to her. Even her smell was captivating.

“Do you think she could be our mate?” He