Wolf Moon (Violet of Ravenwood Book 1) by J. M. Taylor

Author:J. M. Taylor [Taylor, J. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-25T05:00:00+00:00

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We are all silent, waiting to see who will strike first.

Thayna’s ankle is still bleeding badly. It obviously hurts her, and she struggles to balance.

“Let me help you,” my mother approaches cautiously and extends her hand, but Thayna waves her hand, and the bone in my mother’s shoulder snaps. The agony is instantaneous, and she cries out.

Thayna is pleased. “An injury for an injury,” she says.

“We can settle this peacefully.” My mother is still hopeful.

“We will settle this in battle,” Thayna sneers. She calls out to the coven again, “Under the Wolf Moon, we will fight! Take out your weapons! Ready your powers!”

But no one does, not even her most devoted followers. No one moves to fight.

“It’s over, my old friend,” my mother says to her, cringing through the pain in her shoulder. “Do not carry your bitterness and contempt any further. Let the coven be one again. Let us all be sisters as we once were.”

Snow is falling, large white fluffy flakes coating the trees and blanketing the clearing. Through the clouds, the Wolf Moon still shines brightly. A powerful surge runs through my body, but it isn’t the fire and rage I anticipate. It is calm and quiet, a tremendous sense of peace. Everything is glistening in the moon’s light. A great battle is no longer imminent. One by one, the women move into a circle. They put away their weapons and take each other’s hands. The coven is coming together without fear or intimidation.

Myrna sheathes her sword, takes my hand, and leads me to the circle. “You are one of us now,” she says. “It will be as it should be, as it should always have been.”

Thayna is furious at what she is seeing and lashes out. “This is a trick! You fools! Don’t believe them. Clara only shows me compassion because she fears me. She knows my powers are greater than hers can ever be under the Wolf Moon.”

No one is listening to her. The witches continue to gather, pulling me into their circle as they sing softly; it is a tribute to the moon and to their coven. I am not singing. Despite the beauty of their voices, I do not care to hear their song now. I am still listening to Thayna and my mother.

Thayna focuses her rage on my mother again. “If you hope to delay fighting me so you can keep hiding from us, you are mistaken. I will destroy you here and now, once and for all.”

“For years, I hoped you would give up and leave us alone.” My mother’s voice is no longer amiable. She speaks sternly and coldly. “I tried with all that is in me to avoid fighting you. I made my daughter miserable in the quest to save you and keep our coven from splitting apart. I moved every year. I hid her from you again and again, but you would not let it go. You are bitter and jealous. You do not deserve the love and devotion of our coven.

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