Alpha Moon (Silver Moon, #0.5) by Rebecca A. Rogers

Author:Rebecca A. Rogers
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: young adult teen werewolves fantasy magic historical

Chapter Nine

The past several days had been chaotic for Ulric and Daciana. They continually watched their backs in case the wolf decided to show its face yet again, and nobody in their families believed the creature was only after them. How could a creature of the forest single them out? More importantly, why? Ulric and Daciana had no answers, but they were well aware that, eventually, they would find out.

A spark of trust ignited between the two of them, which was the sole noble purpose to come out of their experience. Ulric and Daciana learned more and more about each other every day, and they could not be easily separated. Ulric made certain Daciana did not walk to and from town alone, and he also made sure her family, as well as his, was looked after.

“I will try to convince my brother once more,” Ulric explained as he and Daciana were returning to the Lowell residence, “though he is not so effortlessly swayed.”

Daciana slid her arm into the curve of Ulric’s. “And I shall continue pressing my parents. I am afraid they will not believe my words, however true they may be.” Nervously, she glanced toward the edge of the woods, where only days prior she and Ulric encountered the wolf. Naught but trees and undergrowth were in attendance this time.

Ulric glanced upward and squinted at the sun’s intense radiance. ’Twas mealtime, and his stomach growled. Daciana heard.

“Eat with me,” she said.

Ulric shook his head. “I have chores to do at home. I must return.”

“Please,” she begged, tugging on his arm. “Thou dost not need to tarry.”

A smirk crept across Ulric’s lips. He had satisfaction in knowing Daciana truly wanted him to visit her, to stay with her, to be with her. How long that would last, he knew not. Had the calamitous circumstances they were in not happened, would they have found each other’s company? Mayhap, but he was not assured.

“All right, my dear,” he said. “I shall stay for one meal, and then I must take my leave.”

This seemed to satisfy Daciana, as she beamed in return. “I wish to join the hunt tonight,” she blurted.

Ulric snapped his head in her direction. “Absolutely not. If I have any hold over ye, I would forbid this from happening. Ye know how dangerous this hunt is, and women should not be involved in any manner.”

Daciana frowned. “Women can do as much, if not more, than men. I think thou underestimate our abilities.”

“For what ’tis worth, I do not wish to see ye hurt.” Ulric winced at the thought of Daciana bleeding from terrible injuries, or her unmoving body lying on the forest floor, her soul departed eternally. He would not be able to live with himself should something happen to her.

Confused by his overwhelming emotions, Ulric joggled his head to remove any remaining morbid thoughts.

“I will not be wounded,” Daciana argued. “I will have strong men protecting me from any harm.”

“Daciana,” Ulric uttered through gritted teeth, “now is not the time to—”

“Thou cannot sway me.

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