A Dawn with the Wolf Knight (Married to Magic, #5)

by Elise Kova

“Long ago, Bewulf the Uniter fell in love with the spirit of the moon. With her power, he brought together the squabbling packs for an era of peace. A time of triumph and domination by our ancestors in these misty plains. This time of unity and prosperity is what I have aspired to return us to as your king. One moon. One wolf.” Howling follows the statement. Some thump their fists against their chests. Others gnash their teeth with excitement. “We have had our time of peace. Of living under one banner. But there has been something calling me. Drawing me toward a greatness yet unknown. I would see it in the stars and hear it in the whispers of the wind. But I did not know what it was…until she stood before me.” Conri gestures toward me, still holding my hand. I realize his grip has tightened some. He’s preventing me from running. Not that I have anywhere to go. Surely he knows the threat Evander and Bardulf have both made to me. “Like Bewulf the Uniter, I have been taken by a creature of astounding beauty. Whose meeting is one of unexpected serendipity and, now that she is before me, can only be described as my destiny. For hers is a kind vanishing from this world faster than our own. In her is the blood of a rare breed of human—those who had begun to master the dormant magic buried within them, gifted by the old gods but untapped.” Murmuring now. Women and men exchange confused and worried glances. Children are growing restless from the length of Conri’s speech. Though no ...