Chapter 32
The moon dominated the night. Cinder had always loved the full moon until the night of her first hunt. After that, she couldn’t bear to look at it.
Now, the moon was larger than ever. A harvest moon, sitting low and heavy with a red tint to it. It looked too large to be rising over the horizon. The dark castle was silhouetted in front of it, giving the castle a soft pink glow. A foreign visitor who didn’t know better might mistake it for a fairytale castle tonight.
Cinder took a deep breath and held it for a moment before letting it out. The hunt would be starting at midnight tonight. There had been very little talk about it this time because everyone was busy talking about the royal ball. It was sure to be a small hunt, but it would be full of the fiercest, most dedicated hu
