Chapter Forty-Two

Chapter Forty-Two

It was getting too easy to lie.

Liora kept her carefully constructed smile up, nodding and waving until the crowd dispersed and she could go back inside. By then, it was getting closer and closer to the witching hour–and with each minute that passed by, she wanted to crawl out of her skin.

For them, the trial progressed for one hour, but for her, it lasted two months. Two months of onslaught, exposed to harsh conditions with her wolf as her only guide and companion. The only way to win was to admit the truth, to accept who she was.

Corrupted.

Hungry for power.

Seduced by the darkness inside her.

When Liora finally discovered her sacred name- Adamantia, to say she was surprised would be an understatement. The Goddess deemed her ‘Unbreakable.’

It was laughable.

She was falling apart inside.

All she could think about was flesh.

Lupine flesh.

Ripping into the crowd and feasting until the black hole inside her was sated.

Ronin had wanted to mate but she couldn’t do it. Sh