My hand hovered between the two pedestals, trembling with indecision. The crown pulsed with power, calling to the wolf inside me. The poison whispered promises of peace, of finally being free from destiny and duty.
“This is not fair,” I said to the empty room. “How can you ask me to choose between saving the world and saving myself?”
“All great power requires great sacrifice,” the voice answered. “That is the truth the Moon Goddess learned when she created the first Lunar Wolves. That is the burden everyone of your kind has carried. You are not the first to stand here and face this choice, Aria Moonstone. But you will be the first in seventy three years to make one.”
“What did Selene choose?” I asked.
“She chose the crown. Choose power and duty. And it consumed her. Morgana broke her b
