Dark Guardian #3: Dark of the Moon

Chapter One

Eight days earlier.

Tonight was the big night, the one I'd waited for my entire life. The awakening, the first shift—the loss of my moon virginity.

A few minutes earlier, I'd removed all my clothes. I sat on them now in a small clearing deep in the forest, surrounded by towering trees. Chill bumps erupted along my skin. It was summer. July. But our hidden compound, Wolford, was located in a national forest that bordered Canada. When the sun retreated, the nights grew cool. Brimming with impatience, I waited. I'd never wanted anything as badly as I wanted this. Well, except maybe a mate.

But I couldn't help but believe after this momentous night—after I'd proven myself worthy—that the right guy would finally step forward and claim me.

I'd celebrated my seventeenth birthday three days earlier. The first full moon since that day was rising in the night sky. When it reached its zenith, I would transform into a gorgeous creature—into a wolf.

I'd envisioned it a thousand times. I would shed my human she ... read full excerpt from: Dark Guardian #3: Dark of the Moon ebook