up.”
“No, Freya, rest.”
She pointed to the window. “Please,” she asked, silently begging him with her eyes.
“I cannae say no to those puppy dog eyes,” he complained, holding out his hand to her. Bryn supported her as she made her way to the window on wobbly legs. He opened the shutters wide.
Freya stared up at the glorious Moon and howled for the very first time. It was the sound of pure joy and gratitude.
Pleasant chills coursed through her when Bryn joined in her song…
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Judgment
“S tand before the assembly, Ceannard .”
“No!” Freya cried, running towards Bryn. Strong hands grabbed her, holding her in place as Bryn willingly approached Kade and turned towards his clan.
Kade stated formally, “Ye stand before yer pack in shame.”
The entire pack howled in anger.
“I stand before ye guilty of performing the Athrú, ” Bryn said clearly, correcting him.
The group snarled in answer, the building hostility no longer directed at Freya, but at him. “Justice!” they howled in unison.
Kade raised his hands to the Moon. “Mistress, ye have been dishonored by the very leader of our people. What is thy punishment?”
The assembly suddenly became silent as they waited for the verdict. Freya looked at Bryn and then at Kade in growing terror. Would they kill him for having saved her? Her stomach twisted when Kade nodded his head slowly, as if he had heard directly from the Moon herself.
He turned to Bryn. “It has been decided. Strip before the assembly.”
“No!” Freya wailed. “He did it for me.”
Kade glared at her, explaining to her as if she were a child, “The Ceannard knows the law. No human shall be honored with the Athrú unless there is agreement among the pack.”
“Then if anyone should be punished, it should be me,” Freya pleaded. “I was the one who begged him to save my life.”
Kade’s eyes narrowed as he growled, “How dare ye assume ye have any power over the Ceannard .”
“Bu—”
“Enough!” Bryn barked. He spoke directly to his people. “I did this of my own free will, and understood there would be a consequence.”
“So be it,” Kade announced.
Bryn nodded towards Freya. “She is not to be harmed.”
Tavin spoke up, moving beside her. “No harm will come to her, Ceannard.”
Kade turned to Freya. “We accept ye into the pack because ye are now one of us, but this can never happen again. Our Ceannard betrayed our trust and must atone fer it.”
Freya watched in horror as Bryn stripped before them, his eyes locked on her.
“Turn and face the Sacred Tree,” Kade commanded.
Bryn nodded to Freya, willing her to be strong, before turning around and putting his hands against the huge trunk as support.
Kade reminded the pack, “We cannot allow the desires of one to jeopardize the needs of the many. We learned that lesson well from our former Ceannard. The Chosen are doomed if we do not abide by the law,”
Freya struggled against those who held her, screaming through her tears as Kade transformed into wolf form while the entire pack silently stood by and watched…
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