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"Stand in the light, Ruby Wolf," the being ordered, pointing to where a beam of blackened moonlight cut across the cabin floor.
I paused, but something inside me—my wolf, my power, my blood—pulled me forward. I stepped into the light and gasped as it turned ruby red around me.
"Now," said the being, "call them to you."
"Call who?" I asked, though deep inside, I already knew.
"The three who would be yours. The ones who would claim the Ruby Wolf's power."
Kieran stepped forward instantly, his eyes glowing with wolf fire despite his sacrifice. "I'm here, Sienna. Not as an alpha, but as myself."
Ronan moved next, fighting against the evil inside him with every step. "I've always been yours, even when I couldn't remember why."
Caius was the last, his open heart beating faster as he approached. "I offer what vampires never give—choice without chains."
They made a circle around me, each standing in the blackened moonlight that turned red where I stood.
