VALENTINE We walked out of the forest, thinking deeply about the suggestion that Nadia gave us. It was actually helpful, but it will be difficult to accomplish. I can still remember how high the panic in Nova's voice when she told me not to look at the blood of the late Luna. I can still remember how I passed out because of it, and how things worsened around me after that event. "I can't believe it," Paxton muttered when we arrived back in the pack house and informed him of what Nadia told us. "There's traces of that creature in Mommy's blood. How did that happen?" I slumped elbows on the table and rested my chin on my hands. "I have a theory," I said while my eyes were watching the servants cleaning the outside pack house. "What if Silvana tried to make Luna Camellia a hybrid like the

