Chapter 204 AURORA His jaw clenched , and for a moment , I saw the flash of pain in his face … not from his injuries , but from the helplessness of watching me fight alone .

And with this , the Nameless presses his advantage , attacking relentlessly to shower his blows upon me .

With every strike , the lair ripples with the shockwave that forces the pack to huddle for protection behind crumbling walls .

Shes losing , someone says , his voice trembling .

No , Piper snaps , her tone razor sharp .

Auroras stronger than any of us .

Shell find a way .

But even as she says it , doubt flickers in her eyes .

I call on the Moon Goddesss power once more , the pendant at my chest ablaze with light .

The energy courses through me , wild and untrammeled , filling every corner of my being .

The strain is beyond endurance .

My vision blurs , my limbs .

shake , and my heart feels as if it will burst .

The Goddesss whispering in my mind is barely audible but relentless .

You cannot wield this power without cost .

Chapter 204 2/8 I dont care , I whisper , my voice hoarse .

I have to end this .

The Nameless roars , his body expanding , the shadows around him darkening , churning wildly .

His power is huge smothering .

I know this is it his last stand .

You will fall , he growls .

Words that boom like thunder in my ears .

You and everything you love will be consumed .

Not today , I return , putting every last ounce of energy I have into one final attack .

Light exploded from me in a blinding wave , merging with the shadows of the Nameless in that cacophony of clashing powers that had shaken the earth to its foundations .

Everyone went .

flying across the ground the lair crumbled with us .

The Nameless was screaming , dissolving as a form from under the flood of light , and for just one moment I felt a fickle surge of triumph … until the backlash did indeed hit me .

Energy surges back toward me , sheer force overwhelming … The scream is ripped from my lungs , a pendant shattered against my chest as the last of the Moon Goddess power leaves me .

Pain racks my body , but its the emptiness that really terrifies me .

The connection to the pack , the bond that has always been my anchor , is gone .

The lair goes silent ; the Nameless is defeated .

is immediate , and

hes

Im .

, even though the words

the look in

Youre not .

, the

, the reality

… its

Im mortal now .

us , a chasm that feels

pack closes in , the faces marked by

, the injuries

her face twisted in anger

, her voice full of

? I dont know , I say, my voice barely above a whisper

as the battle took its toll upon us all , but what the pack could have become died the night before in more ways than just battle damage

large void , same as Trajan , inside the bond the pack shares with one another , a fracture to my relationship within

upon Dane and Piper , along with the others

rebuild , Dane

is

of the spark in his words to comfort

Together .

on edges of broken stone and

wrecked splendor , reminding me with immediate effect of how close to death wed fought

smell of damp soil

, but the feeling of

Dane is near .

warmth of the sun upon my

spoken since the Nameless fell

, too many wounds

through the silence

? I spin

At the edge of the garden , a tall , silver haired werewolf is leaning

gleaming disks of gold , seem to pierce through met with an intensity that runs a shiver down my

are you ? I demand ,

, as though he has all the time in

rich melodious sweetness of his voice

which you wont find in your histories , but one that belongs here nonetheless

into his face for even the slightest trace of

dont know

a faint ,

you know what I am

ghost of the past

pack , back when Broken Ridge was little more than

My breath catches .

Thats impossible .

echoes ,

impossible things , have you ? The

The Moon Goddess .

that with them it stops

6/8 I step into the clearing , and his frame becomes a

for and captures Elias

asks , an

reply

says , his eyes never leaving the

the Nameless , claiming

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