~Elara~
"Fascinating," he said quietly. "Your second Blood Moon. The Algorithm is struggling to maintain integration while your wolf nature demands expression."
I spun to face him, abandoning any pretense of normalcy as silver light flickered in my eyes. "You knew this would happen. You planned it."
He didn't deny it. "Of course. The most advanced electromagnetic scanning technology in the world confirmed what I suspected—the Algorithm is steadily evolving within you." He took a step closer, seemingly unafraid of my partially transformed state. "I needed to observe how you'd respond to the Blood Moon."
"I'm not your lab rat," I growled, the sound inhuman even to my own ears.
"No," Damon agreed with a smile that chilled me despite my fever. "You're something far more valuable. You're t
