above was

ing toward the stars-bonfires of warning, not warmth. Cassian's forces had already

epared for war. Some loaded silver-dipped bullets; others sharpened

d Games

ting fractured color across her face. The crescent runes on her palms

t feel li

a storm bare

that told stories he never spoke of. "We need to move. Cassian'

running,"

countered. "Not unless you want you

"These people chose to fight

to a fist at his side. "You don't have to

r. "I'm showing them that I'm not my father. That I

tened. "Then we

pierced the night

ther. Th

shook with t

well, her blades glinting with si

position. A final hush settled over them as she descended the steps, her bare feet

the flam

dded to her.

. "Every one of you was cast out, hunted, bet

answe

nd tonight, you rise again-no

be

urpose. And if we die tonight-" her voice harde

howled th

e doors exp

icious, howling with bloodlust. Silver flashed. Teeth c

ade and bullet in hand, never

her-not fully shifted, but awakened. Her strikes were precise. Her senses

n queen

n's elite. Massive. Brutal. His claws sa

g in his grip-but it w

sinking a silver dagger into the wolf's eye. The beas

Damon shouted

he spat, yanking the

led across the battlefiel

hing s

s coat midnight black and his eyes burning with crimson fire. He wore armor carved

asked, voice like gravel an

dripping from her tem

e a fossil someon

hoed throu

You've inherited y

a f

apped toward he

other and I were once betrothed. She broke the pact when she ran with

breath

continued. "And I've waited to

and the remaining wo

l clash