Page 84 of Moon Kissed

Five daggers buried in her back, as deep and viciously sharp as the sixth dagger that missed her and buried in my hand.

“Holy fuck!” Kitty screeched. “Who did that? Where did those come from?!”

“Quick, get help!” Orion bolted up, holding Nia tight in his arms. “Get her to the infirmary.”

I could only sit there dazed and bleeding as everyone screamed, looked for the attacker, rushed around, and raced to get Nia help.

“You,” a heavy, menacing voice hissed. “You did this.”

I snapped up, shocked to find Badr and Nyx standing over me. The expressions on their faces sent shivers up my spine.

“What? Me?” I whipped around as if they could be talking to anyone else but me. “What are you talking about! I didn’t do this! Ican’thave done it! I—”

“Nyx,” Badr sliced in. “Take her.”

“Take me? What—?” Pain bloomed in the back of my head.

Falling forward, darkness took me before I hit the ground.

Chapter Eight

Head lolling, my swimming eyes went up, down, and around the space—trying and failing to take it in.

“Ugg,” I groaned, vision clearing on my ripped and dirty pants.

It looked like I’d been dragged and taken... where?

Raising my head, I beheld the small room, and everyone in it.

“What is this?” I rasped.

“This, Volana”—Badr glared down at me from on top of the dais—“is your trial.”

“Excuse me?”

I looked around at the alphas, epsilons, betas, and omegas assembled. I sat in the middle of the mess hall, but the tables had been cleared away. On my left nearly the entire alpha, omega, and beta class sat in silent rows, watching me. On my right, Ava, Elizabella, Melisent, Tulisa, and six other girls from Ava’s crew sat in a single line of chairs—all of them watching me expressionlessly. And sitting on the dais, were Edric, Orion, Nyx, Badr, and Paxton.

“Paxton?” I cried. “What’s going on?”

“I’ll tell you exactly what’s going on,” Badr replied, stepping in front of Paxton. “You’ve held this school hostage, preying on us for long enough. It ends today.”

“What the hell does that mean?”

“It means exactly what I said.” He raised his chin. “Daciana Volana, this is your trial.”

“And this is the moment you lost your mind.” I stood up, easy to do since they didn’t bother restraining a moon wolf. “Bye, folks. Hope you enjoyed the show—short as it was.”

I turned to leave.

“If you walk out that door, these go up in flames.”

Rolling my eyes, I glanced back. “What are you talking about? What goes up in...?” I trailed off, words dying on my lips.

My fates had stepped out of the way, revealing the jewelry box resting innocently on the table behind them.

“Give that back!” I ran at them.

“Don’t,” Orion shouted, ripping open the box and pulling out a letter. “You’ll never climb this dais fast enough to stop me burning it, so don’t bother.”

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