Chapter 30: Rapunzel, Rapunzel

Nora gave her herself up. Alpha Roman had promised he'd let her parents go in exchange for her surrender. Alpha Roman had knocked her out when she stepped into his car looking for her family. She came to in a cold, dank cell. Everything around her was dark. As her eyes adjusted, she could make out a door made of steel bars. Standing on the other side of them was Alpha Roman. In his fingers, he held something small and sparkly.

"The Mark of the Moon," he said. "I never realized it would be so lovely."

"Give that back!" Nora gasped. Being without it, she already felt drained.

"In due time. I think I'll hold onto it for now. Perhaps I'll show it to your parents. Maybe when I ask your father for your hand. Do people still do that?"

"You liar," she seethed. "You said you'd let them go!"