DANTE’S POV
The moon ceremony was a lot more than what we had bargained for, neither Selene nor I had expected it to be this intense and I never thought I would see Selene loose herself like that. It took a lot for me to finally get her to come back to reality and even after she did come back to me it seemed to me as if she was still struggling.
She was still shaking, even hours later. The moon had climbed higher, calmer now, as if it had not just split open above our people and nearly swallowed my mate whole. The clearing had emptied, but the echo of those whispers still clung to the stone walls of my chambers.
Witchcraft. Curse. Omen.
I stood at the balcony, fists braced against the cold railing, staring out over the kingdom. Torches flickered below. Guards had doubled their posts. N
