Chapter 4

"She still has a steady heartbeat. Pull the wolfsbane spike out, and don't touch the moonstone," an unfamiliar voice ordered.

It dragged me out of the dark haze of unconsciousness.

I couldn't open my eyes, but I caught the clatter of armored guards moving around me.

I caught quiet whispers from the surrounding guards.

"The royal mind-link just chimed. Did she trigger it?"

"It wasn't her conscious doing. It was her blood that triggered it."

"But the Redwind Pack records show no royal lineage in her bloodline."

"Paper records can be forged. The moonstone never lies."

I tried to lift…