Chapter 24

(Julian’s P.O.V)

Her wolf looked ethereal when it was glowing with the blue light surrounding her, her howling like a song calling on the Moon Goddess. That’s when I heard the water rushing and the howls and snarls of our warriors. We had crashed her shifting party, knowing this would be the perfect opportunity to grab her. What we hadn’t counted on was her being mated to the future Alpha King of Màni. That was not in the report from our spies, they hadn’t done their jobs right even with the help of Beatrix

When Teresa, the leader of the rogue werebears, mentioned her in my room just a few weeks ago, I wasn’t prepared for the sight that greeted me. It was like a horror movie with a mix of Tim Burton’s claymation movie thrown in. She looked like Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas, like her body had been stitched together. Her skin was sickly sallow in color, almost yellow.

“How did you survive?”

That was the first question out of my mouth when I