Chapter 12
The Luna's Calculated Exit
Chapter 12: The Missing Ledger
The dull, rhythmic burning beneath Valeriana’s collarbone was the first thing she felt when she woke.
She stood before the mirror in the austere bathroom of the North Tower, her fingers brushing lightly against the raised, angry red skin. The rune of the Bond-Severi
Chapter 13
Chapter 13: The Frame Job
The North Tower was wrapped in the quiet chill of late afternoon when the heavy iron door shuddered violently on its hinges.
Valeriana did not flinch. She sat behind her broad oak desk, her posture perfectly straight, a cup of chamomile tea resting in her hands. Beside t
Chapter 14
Chapter 14: Stripped of Titles
The Great Hall of the Bloodwood Pack was a cavern of whispering shadows and tense, suffocating air. The morning sun bled through the high stained-glass windows, casting fractured red and gold light across the stone floor.
Hundreds of pack members crowded the edges o