Heavy as iron, the word Moonborn continued to reverberate in the atmosphere. Wolves bowed lower one by one, pressing their foreheads against stone that was slick with Thorn's blood. Not every one of them. Not even the majority. However, enough to cause the courtyard to tilt.
Thorn had a vicious, desperate hold on me. His claws penetrated my arm so deeply that I could feel his fire burning my flesh. The silence was broken by his rough, ragged voice.
"Get up."
The wolves on their knees remained motionless. Their eyes were glassy and their bodies shook, but they remained hunched over me as if they were bound by chains that Alpha's orders couldn't break.
Kalen's sharp, sour laughter shattered the night. "Can you see it now? Even your own are changing beneath you, Thorn, you thought you c
