Tara Landon has never experienced love–even worse–she’s endured a lifetime of beatings. After reaching her breaking point, she decides to run away to start a new life without anyone pinning her down or holding her back. 

However, not far into her journey, she is intercepted by soon-to-be alpha Victor Bane, a brooding, mysterious, emerald-eyed man. The thought of him scares Tara as much as it arouses her. 

She doesn’t think much of the encounter until she learns that…oh, she’s destined to be Luna of Victor’s pack. The freedom she sought is quickly ripped away from her and she must make a decision: to accept or reject her fated mate.

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“I have you for a lifetime, Tara. I can be patient,” he relayed with an erotic moan.

He looked me in the eyes, as I gestured for him to unbutton my blouse. I whispered, “You might be patient, Victor. But, it isn’t polite to keep a woman waiting.”

“What will it take for you to say yes?” he asked lustfully.

“Something you can’t give.”

The Alpha and His Outlander Luna

Victor and I made our way towards the rest of the group. They were all gathered in a half circle in front of a boulder, or wall of some kind. And as soon as the two of us walked closer to them I saw what had caught their attention and caused Axel to call us over.


Splayed out on the flat face of the wall in front of them were symbols. I didn’t quite understand what they were, or whether they were a language or a map, but it was definitely something relating to this trial.


“I don’t suppose anyone can speak… what language even is that? The language of H*ll?” Evan asked as he tipped his head from side to side to try and decipher which way the text should be read.


“I have no idea,” Sima, our resident history nerd and bookworm, said. I felt some hope escape me when she said that. “It’s not like anything I’ve ever seen before. What do you think it could be, though? It certainly looks h*llish, doesn’t it?”


I chewed on my bottom lip as I contemplated the text in front of me.


Chapter 74: Our Darkest Shadows