Laura couldn't sleep that night. Her mind raced with thoughts of Zephyr's curse and the strange connection she felt with each Alpha. The moonlight filtered through her window, casting silver shadows across her room.
With a sigh, she slipped from her bed and wrapped a silk robe around herself. Perhaps fresh air would clear her head.
The gardens were silent this late at night. Laura wandered along stone paths, inhaling the sweet scent of night flowers. As she turned a corner, she gasped. Before her stretched a hidden garden filled with flowers she'd never seen before—blooms that only opened under moonlight, their petals a luminous blue-white that seemed to glow.
"Moon lilies," came Nikolai's voice from the shadows. "They only bloom three nights each month."
Laura turned to find him watch
