Chapter 21 1/6 AURORA Dane lifted a hand and carefully traced the place three pages had been torn from the book .

The surrounding pages were splotched with an old , rust colored liquid .

Blood .

I had flipped through this book hundreds of times , trying to figure that out myself .

But I thought I knew .

The Reeds gave me this book because they said it was full of old scribbles .

They didnt think it was important .

I dont remember much about when they gave it to me because I was young .

That was only part of the reason .

So much of my life before marrying Dane was lost to me .

But I think I remember Esther Reed saying she tore them out .

Now I touched the torn places .

The book had been written hundreds of years ago .

Someone might have been able to translate it , if it was written in a language .

Instead , it was written in a code made of strange symbols .

As I got older , I discovered the symbols were revealing themselves to me .

Its an old gift that runs in our pack , my grandmother says a gift of magical interpretation .

From what Ive been able to read , the pages beforehand describe the setup for a ceremony .

The pages are the ceremony , itself .

Chapter 21 A ceremony ? Dane asked .

I nodded .

The ceremony is to reveal the moon goddesss chosen .

2/6 Why would Esther Reed take these pages if she couldnt read the book and didnt know how important they are ? Dane asked .

I dont know .

I spent almost twenty two years thinking I was their biological daughter .

Everything they ever told me was a lie .

Except that I couldnt trust the Montagues .

I did remember them saying that .

Over and over again .

Then they made me Danes wife and tried to control him through me .

But hed won , in the end .

into the shadows in the deepest parts

Id freed him from me ,

kept them ? Dane asked

close , looking over my

to lay my head on his

that part of me still wanted so badly to

without humor

Probably .

Esther keeps everything .

always been a hoarder

his

familiar gesture one he made when he

pack house is on my land

I remembered .

them out in a raid a year after our 3/6 Chapter

tide of the

first time he went to the Council asking to end our marriage , and the first time the

are you saying ? I asked , dread rising in the pit

been raised since they poisoned me with silver and left me for Dane

to

to search the house , Dane said

the book closed

We dont .

guide us to

all we

why is this ceremony in here ? he

I hesitated .

I hadnt had a civil conversation

It was strange .

wasnt sure how I felt about

to undo the magical locks that keep

I believe we can figure it out

and the prophecy on the first page

the few years Id known her

to find the chosen , there was no need for me to face my past

21 4/6 But Dane

knows a little about messing

thing is certain , you do everything required , or

to go into the Reed pack

heart chilled at his words

No we dont .

and threat hed been

Yes .

We do .

And we will .

me there the day after tomorrow

the

I

Everything hurt .

veins were on

crawled through the

tiny

right ,

Please hang on .

! Even in the dream , my childhood was no more than a dark shadow , but I knew

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