Chapter 746

“We get out.”

I nodded. I was about to push the door open, but Gavin reached for my arm, grabbing it gently.

“You do not leave my side, understood?”

The seriousness in his expression caused my heart to skip a beat, and I nodded.

“Understood,” I repeated softly.

His expression softened, and then he got out of the car, running around to the other side to open the door for me as well. He helped me out of the car, placing his hand on the small of my back, and I shivered.

I stared up at the dark and brooding manor; it was unlike anything I had ever seen before. They weren’t kidding when they said this place was the shadow region; everywhere I looked was shadows, and there was almost like a dark fog that rose from the grounds.

Two footmen in charcoal livery swung the doors inward before we reached them. The entry hall swallowed us whole–black and white marble underfoot, a chandelier of iron thorns overhead, portraits hanging on the walls like a jury. The air smelled faintly of candle soot and a sweeter, stranger note of

herb smoke.

“Chairmen Landry,” The butler’s voice was a blade wrapped in velvet as he greeted Gavin. His sharp eyes

turned to me. “Miss.”

“Luna,” Gavin corrected.

Buter’s brows raised as he took me in, scanning me head to toe.

“I apologize, I wasn’t aware. There’s been no mention of you taking a Luna.”

yet,” I

Gavin frowned at me.

mate. Regardless of whether we have done the ceremony

his words; the thought of being a Luna had

not the time

butler said,

He walked in long

of the Blackwell family lined the walls, my eyes finding Zachary Blackwell and

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silky hair, threaded with a single silver clasp that glinted like a star. Her eyes,

a stern expression as though he had never smiled

an

was a little baby that I knew had to be Lila. There was something about the baby that made it hard for me to look away; there was a slight familiarity to

painting.

Lila’s birth,” the butler explained, startling

walking or that they were waiting for me. I blinked a few times, getting my bearings straight. Gavin was looking

me, keeping his voice

I swallowed.

glanced at the portrait one last time, the light blue eyes

like a warning.

devouring one another. The entire manor gave me an eerie feeling. My heart thudded against my chest, a nervousness clouding

butler opened the door, stepping

his Luna have arrived,” he announced to

tone, tinged with an accent, asked. “I had

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