AvaThe death bell tolled in Moonstone.The sky was dark and gray, a storm threatening to spill over the horizon—almost as though the sky, too, knew the gravity of what we had to do today.Today, we would be burning our friend’s casket. Today, we would say goodbye for the last time.It had been thre
“I... I’m so sorry for your loss,” Elise mumbled, barely meeting our eyes. Her hands twisted nervously in front of her.“Thank you, Elder Elise,” was all I could manage.As she walked away, it took all my strength not to pull back my lip and reveal my fangs to her.As the memorial service went on, t
Ava“Well, that was a good show, wasn’t it?”Leonard’s grin stretched from ear to ear, mirroring the smile on Ophelia’s own face. Chris strode over to the nearby wine barrel serving as a table and picked up two glasses, filling them and handing one to me.As we clinked our glasses together, I though
Chris turned to her. “We’ll actually need your help with that, Doctor. We will need you to sign a death certificate and provide a believable cause of death related to Leonard’s condition.”The doctor frowned. “That’s highly unethical in the human world…”“We’re not in the human world,” Chris said. “
ChrisAnd so, there we were, huddled around a small television in Ava’s wine cellar on the night of our dear friend’s funeral.“Look at that,” Ava whispered, pointing at the screen. “Even Elise looks heartbroken as you light the pyre.”“She’s a mighty good actor,” Leonard growled.News headlines fla
I pulled her closer, kissing the top of her head. “That’s the point. The element of surprise is our greatest weapon right now. And as for Elise, well... she made her choice. She’ll have to live with the consequences.”Ava sneered. “I’d rather dole out the consequences myself.”Smirking, I lifted my
Chris“Chris! Wake up! Chris!”My eyes fluttered open at the sound of my sister’s voice. Overhead, the leaves swayed gently in the summer breeze, little dappled pools of sunlight swimming across the lush grass. I had been dozing, and the dream I’d had was so… strange.A moondeer. Blood. So much bloo
There was a long pause on the other end of the line, and I cursed myself inwardly for temporarily losing my temper.“You’ve seen the havoc the artifact is causing,” I continued, a bit calmer now. “I know you want to take over Moonstone as the Alpha. But there won’t be a Moonstone left if you don’t s