Cora held back her tears as the guards marched her back toward the castle walls. Fear reverberated inside of her as Jagson’s threats from earlier in the night echoed inside of her head. She shivered a little as she thought of his hands touching her body and choked back the bile rising up from her stomach. She would rather die then be at his disposal. She heard the castle gates open, the metal clanking as the door receded. A small crowd of pack members gathered in the front of the castle doors, their eyes widened at the sight of a naked and chained Nova, the corpses of two of the strongest warriors, and their future Luna bound. Cora scanned the crowd hoping for any sight of her parents, her heart sinking when she didn’t find their faces. She began to fear the worst. The guard in front of h
