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 blurted, giving Gavin a

Gavin frowned at me.

of whether we have done the ceremony yet, you are

of being a Luna had weighed heavily on my mind, but

the time

the butler said, clearing

dark that it was like charcoal. He walked in long strides, his head held high, and

family lined the walls, my eyes finding Zachary

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like a star. Her eyes, a piercing gray with shards of silver, remained sharp as though she was staring at me, even though

cheeks, and Noah with a stern expression as though he had never smiled a day in his

an

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

painting.

birth,” the butler

me. I blinked a few times, getting my bearings

you okay?” He asked me, keeping his

I swallowed.

last time, the light

like a warning.

to a pair of doors carved with roses and vines devouring one another. The entire manor gave me an eerie feeling. My heart thudded against my chest, a nervousness clouding me despite Gavin’s presence beside

the door,

Chairman Landry, and his Luna have arrived,” he announced to an

with an accent, asked. “I had

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