Chosen By The Moon (Dylan) novel Chapter 404

"You can't seriously expect me to be tied up for my first shift?" However her gaze told me everything I needed to know. She fully intended for that to be the case. "You want me to die in chains?! After everything you have put me through?”

"You're not going to die, but you do need to be out under the light of the goddess, and I can't run the risk of you attempting escape. Not to mention No one knows how strong you're going to be. It's simply precaution, I know you understand that, my love." I most certainly did not understand. I was going to shift, and I was going to shift that night, my first ever shift.

History speaks of a forced marking as a death sentence, and I am already aware of just how lucky I was to have even survived the initial bite. There was absolutely no way in hell I would survive the shift if I was shackled to the ground like a common dog.

"You'll be fine. Now come along..." She grabbed my wrist and tried to pull me along however I snatched my limb back, not accepting her attempt. "My love, it's important to get you into position before the shift starts, now come!" She was getting frustrated by my lack of movement and instead allowed her eyes to cloud over, alerting me to the fact that she was mindlinking someone. Before I could even ask who, two large warriors walked in and stalked towards me causing more fear to shoot through my bones.

"Why are you doing this to me?!" I practically shouted at my so called mate as the two men dragged me out of the room. "Please don’t do this. I won’t run I swear it? Can I please have one bit of peace before I die?" I was acting crazy.

I was kicking and screaming as I was dragged very awkwardly down about fifty flights of steps and out into the gardens. My sight met that of the large hedged maze and the single silver colored cuff that was deeply embedded into the ground and with it my heart sank.