Blood Moon (Star Touched: Wolf Born 1) by Michelle Madow

Author:Michelle Madow [Madow, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dreamscape Publishing
Published: 2023-04-11T16:00:00+00:00

Ruby

Jax bursts into the kitchen and stares me down, looking insanely intimidating in his leather pants and biker jacket.

“Stand up and show me the mark,” he commands.

There’s something supernaturally forceful about his voice, and I find myself standing up without realizing it, my hand going to the waistband of my pants to pull it down.

Before I finish, he snarls, his angry gaze going straight to Connor.

“She’s in her clothes,” he growls, and I worry he’s about to rip out his grandson’s throat.

“Ruby’s clothes were wet from walking in the stream,” Connor explains, slowly and steadily. “She needed to change.”

Jax holds Connor’s gaze for what feels like an entire minute, and neither Connor nor I say a word. “Don’t touch her stuff ever again,” he finally warns, and his stormy eyes return to me. “The mark. Now.”

There’s no point in resisting, so I pull the waistband down just far enough so he can see the star inked on my hip.

Jax steps forward and studies it, his fingers hovering above the eight-pointed symbol.

“This wasn’t here before your shift?” he asks.

“No.”

“And you don’t know what it means?”

“No.”

He inhales, sniffing the air, and I remember what Connor said about being able to smell lies.

I wonder if that’s a skill I’ll be able to learn, too.

He breathes out and stares me down, and I brace myself for more questioning. “Very well,” he says instead, and he takes out his phone, snapping a picture of the mark. “I’ll show it to the witches so they can investigate. In the meantime, you’ll stay in one of the guest rooms here.”

“I’ll stay here as well,” Connor volunteers.

Jax’s gaze bores into Connor, like he’s trying to figure out why he cares.

“I want to learn how to shift, and Connor wants to help me,” I say before Jax can question Connor—or worse, tell him to leave. “The sooner I can shift, the sooner I can go home.”

Jax sits down and stretches, cracking his knuckles one-by-one. “You’re not going home,” he says. “Not ever.”

“What do you mean?” I ask, even though it’s pretty clear what he means.

I just don’t want it to be true.

“I think you should sit down.” Connor motions to an empty armchair, and I get a feeling that I’m not going to like whatever they have to say.

“Sure,” I say, trying to sound calm as I take a seat, even though my insides feel like they’re trying to jump out of my skin, needing to escape.

I watch Jax, waiting.

“Yesterday, I sent Connor to the Lawrence’s to tell you that your family and friends think you’re spending the semester abroad,” he begins. “However, that isn’t the truth.”

I swallow down a giant ball of worry in my throat. “Okay…” I say, wrapping my fingers around the armchair and gripping it tight, as if it can hold me steady.

“The truth is that to the outside world, you’re considered dead,” he says simply.

No.

The world around me freezes, my blood turns to ice, and my heart stops. I can’t breathe. I can barely think, let alone process the meaning behind his words.

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