prologue
'... In this moment of peril, O goddess most gracious, I Adrianna De Moon, Luna of De Moon pack, offers my blood for my Blood,' it was with the last ounce of strength left in her that Anna made the blood sacrifice which would transfer her life force to her daughter. She desperately hoped it worked as she had been out of touch with her wolf for a long time. The blood sacrifice was a special privilege given to all pure blooded werewolves, it was seldom used as whoever made it was sure to die, giving up his or her life for whom the sacrifice had been made for.
There had been a crash. One moment they had all been talking happily in the car and the next there had been no words. Claire was unconscious and was bleeding out fast. She had yet to awaken her wolf and as such had no super healing abilities. Anna on the other hand had been imbibing wolfsbane for years and her wolf was almost a ghost in her. Jeremy, poor darling Jeremy, was gone and with him the last piece of Anna's heart.
Anna wasn't afraid of dying, she was only afraid for her daughter and the new life she was going to lead henceforth- if the sacrifice worked - the life of the last pure blooded De Moon in the line of succession
' I love you, my girl,' she mouthed as she felt her life force begin to fade. It had worked! The energy from the transfer was almost tangible, it was like there was a bright spark linking the two. And in the last seconds before she slipped into unconsciousness, she saw Claire take a very deep breath. It was time she slept, Anna thought with a weak smile.