Broken Moon: Part 5 by King Claudia

Author:King, Claudia
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, erotic, erotica, serial, paranormal, werewolf, series, shifter, alpha male
Publisher: Claudia King

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As Cyan followed Hazel's pawprints through the night he knew full well he could be walking to his own death. Long ago he had been the kind of wolf who would risk his life readily for others. He still was, he supposed, but the risk had felt meaningless for many years now. The night he first came here, followed this same path, and fought off the ferals to save April's life, he hadn't felt like a hero. All the lives that had been endangered, and some even lost, because of his selfish ignorance in the past still weighed on him. He lived in hope that enough good deeds would one day ease his guilt, but it was hard to compare those small acts to the spectacle of the things he'd wrought.

He remembered the flames of a burning orchard, and the names of his old pack mates who had died trying to escape it. Many more would have died if he'd had his way that night.

Old memories. If he lost his life this evening, would he be able to rest knowing that he'd finally atoned for them? The angry instincts of his wolf burning through his veins didn't feel like they would ever go away.

The path he was following led straight towards the cabin he and April had stayed in all those weeks ago, and the familiar route called to mind something he'd told her that first night.

I don't think anyone gets punished for how they feel, only for what they do.

His lips curled in his wolf's best imitation of a smile. Faced with his own mortality, and for once given the time to ponder it, everything suddenly seemed very simple. What a waste it had been trying to deny his wolf's instinct all this time. He had savage, wild urges. Dark thoughts that compelled him to do bad things. They were as much a part of him as the black of his fur and the amber of his eyes. But their existence wasn't some fundamental flaw in his character. Everyone, even the kindest of souls, had dark and questionable impulses. It had been his choice to act on them that made him a bad person.

He resolved, then and there, that he would not kill Hazel in anger that night. For once the thoughts of his wolf and his human seemed to agree.

I'm tired of fighting you, one said to the other.

There were many things he was justified in feeling guilty for, but his own nature was not one of them. It was his time with April that had helped him to stop judging himself so harshly. The last few days with her had brought a calmness to his soul that he had never felt before.

It didn't matter whether he was doing what he did out of selflessness, or duty, or some hope that it would win her heart. It mattered that she had made him do it. She'd made him back into the person he'd always wanted to be; a protector.

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