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We all gasp when she sinks her teeth into Liz’s shoulder. Blood pools underneath her shirt at the puncture wound.

“Elizabeth,” Chayton shouts beside me. I can tell he’s trying to get to his feet as well, but can’t move.

Michaela continues to drink from Luna. We all watch in horror, unable to do anything. When she finally pulls away, she licks her lips. I take a collective breath. None of us likes the idea of her feeding off our Luna, but it isn’t the worse thing to happen.

“What the fuck is going on?” Chayton asks beside me. I had nothing to tell him because I honestly didn’t know.

Suddenly, Marley cries harder, which seems out of place. And then it happens. Michaela grabs Liz's head and twists it, cracking her neck. The moment life slips away from our Luna, a wave of sorrow swoops through our wolves.

Beside me, Chayton lets out a gut-wrenching yell. It’s so filled with pain; my wolf cries out.

Liz’s body drops to the ground. Michaela steps over her without a second glance. My head is spinning. I’m not believing my eyes. There is no way this is real. I know how much Michaela loves Liz. She would never hurt her.

“Yeah, tell that to Luna’s lifeless body,”I think to myself.

The entire pack is in tears around me, and I’m still stuck in a fog.

Michaela walks over to the young boy that her ex shoved to the ground. She stands over him, glaring down. She then picks him up and shoves him toward Marley as if he’s trash. Markis holds out his hand for her and she takes it. He pulls her into him and drops a kiss on her cheek.

“My wife is back,” he cheers.

As my pack mourns their Luna, I can’t help but stare at Michaela. All the love I have for her feels disgusting. You’d think by now, the love would fade. Realizing that she’d played me all along should take this love away, but it doesn’t. It hurts. It feels as if my heart is being ripped out of my chest. I thought when Ana died I was hurting, but watching Michaela stand beside her ex feels worse that any pain I’ve ever experienced.

I chuckle, shaking my head. She looks at me with her neutral face, pissing me off even more. “You fucking vamp,” I snarl. “And here I was thinking you were the victim.” Her jaw tenses, but she doesn’t speak. “But you’re just like him. A waste of life.” I spit on the ground beside me. “I hate that I ever touched you. I hate that I ever allowed you to touch me. You are everything I said you were.”

She looks away at those words. Marley cries harder.

“Look at me you fucking leech,” I yell so loud spit flies from my lips. She turns her gaze back to me, her face still void of emotions. “You don’t deserve my love, and you damn sure didn’t deserve Elizabeth’s. Until the day I take my last breath, I will hunt you down and kill you for this.” I snarl those last few words out. “I.. fucking… hate you.”

Marley drops to her knees and sobs.

Markis laughs. “Are you heartbroken, wolf? Would you like for me to send you to meet your precious Ana?” I don’t even question how he knew about Ana. He’s been all through my memories.

“Leave him,” she says, finally breaking her silence. “The pain of me walking away will do him more harm.” She doesn’t even look at me when she says this.

“My mate,”my wolf whimpers.

“She’s not your got damn mate.”

“You better run to the ends of hell, Michaela,” I grit out. “Because when I catch you, you’ll wish you never met me.”

“We can solve this now,” Markis chuckles. “Kill them all.” Once again, I try to stand, but that heavy presence is keeping me on the ground. If he holds us down, we will be defenseless to these vamps.

“We don’t have time,” Michaela says, as if she’s bored. “If you want the power of this fey key, we have to break the bond I have with the wolf and redo ours. The next full moon is in 24 hours. Midnight is the best time to break this bond.”

Markis glares. I can tell he doesn’t want to let us live.

“Fine,” he finally says. “Let’s go.”

“Michaela, please,” Marley pleads with her sister. “Don’t do this. Don’t leave me.”

Michaela turns to her sister, those dead eyes staring back at her. “You’re grown now. You’re no longer my problem. Figure it out.”

With those last words, the vampires take off through the trees. It isn’t until they are out of sight that any of us can move. Chayton is the first to his feet. He runs over and scoops up Liz’s limp body. Phaedra is at his side. I watch him hold his dead mate to his chest, so much anger and disgust fills me I can’t see straight.

Torak cradles Marley as she continues to sob. I try to muster up my anger at her, but she’s truly just another victim of Michaela.

“Let’s take her to the infirmary,” Alarick suggests as he goes up to Chayton.