WHERE IS THE MOON CREST?

~ZIRA

The Moon crest was gone.

I staggered back a few steps at the realization. My heart began to hammer violently against my chest. My intake of breath became short. All the color drained from my body and all I could do was glare at the empty stand.

"I failed," I muttered under my breath. My wolf sank to the pit of my stomach and I felt as if my world had come to an end.

The Blackstones got to it first. "They have it," I muttered under my breath.

They stole it right from under our noses. How could I let this happen? How could I allow them take it away from us? How was I going to face the goddess? What would I tell her?

She gave me just one task and I failed. How could I have been so stupid? What is going to become of my family? Why did I not see this coming? Seeing as desperate as they were.

Oh, my goddess! Mom was still out there and alone. They would try to go for her first! They would try to kill her instead of my father. Things were changing. This was not how it happened in the