Chapter 108. Fear

Again Rain's POV

After blinking my eyes a few times, I wake up.

As I lie still for a few minutes to get my bearings, I feel a beam of light on my face. I turn to the side where it is coming from. Then I see it.

It is coming from the outside, through the thin curtains in front of the windows.

After taking some breaths, I throw my legs over the edge of the bed and walk to the window. As I slide the curtains aside, my heart skips a beat. Right in front of me, the Full Moon stares directly at me. It is surrounded by a bright red line, but is as white as snow. It feels like something personal is going on between it and me, like it has a score to settle with me.

With big worried eyes, I stare back at it, wondering what doom it foretells this time. Tomorrow is the mating ceremony, where Ralph will also mark me and then bind me to him forever. Is this moon challenging me since I can no longer avert my fate?

With a tug I close both curtains blocking the