Lane's POV
"Ugh—ah! Moon Goddess... Please... Make it stop!"
A sharp scream ripped across the camp, turning into wild howls.
It was Maris!
That was the cost of staying under the protection of the Stillmoon Sanctum.
Every full moon, the Moon Goddess Sacrificial Mark that shielded her would bring terrible, unbearable pain.
The patrol outside stopped walking.
"Is that General Duffy?" a young soldier whispered. "That scream sounds worse than Rogues with broken legs."
"She asked for it." The older soldier snorted in the dark. "She ignored orders, acted alone, and got captured.
During the siege, she even messed up the formation of the armored war wolves. If Military Officer Woods hadn't reacted quickly, we wouldn't have taken the wall."
"She tried so hard to grab the credit and ended
