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OF MOONLIGHT AND MASKS

Author: Geneva Cross
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Serena.

The whole meeting hall is as silent as a graveyard. Everyone is holding their breath as if a single exhale would cause the beast that is Thorne to tear them apart.

His wolf is unlike anything I’ve ever seen, twice the size it should be, fur the color of the darkest night, eyes burning like lightning. This isn't just a shift, is this his power? growing to an unimaginable size?

I don't know what terrifies me more: that no one dares to move, or that deep in my bones, I can feel that something is wrong.

Suddenly, Tristan moves. He steps in front of me and shifts. It happens in a blink. His wolf is sleek, silver with streaks of black, not as large as Thorne’s, but pulsing with a power that makes the walls vibrate.

And he stands in front of me. Protects me. Tristan has never protected me. He barely tolerates me. But now, his body is a shield between mine and his brother’s fury.

Something has changed. Thorne’s growl vibrates through the chamber like an earthquake. He doesn't lunge,
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