(Sarai) I stood in front of the mage that had been giving me her power these last few years. She was hanging from thick chains, her toes barely kissed the ground. Her arms were held above her head and I could smell the blood coming from the wounds on her wrists. Cain, the young future alpha of Blood Moon, faced me from the opposite side of the woman. He was a handsome, brute of a man. He had his mother's blonde hair but his father's eyes. I had never gotten the chance to meet Cain's mother, but Kiernan, his father, had paintings and pictures of his mate in his office. She was a gorgeous woman. It was obvious from the smile that was captured in the pictures that she was gentle and loving. The complete opposite of Kiernan and the very essence of Blood Moon. Had she not been murdered, this

