The Full Moon Warning

Lyra's POV

"You have a mate!" Zita exclaimed, her voice bouncing off the peeling paint of Room 56. Her eyes stretched wide, reflecting a mix of profound shock and breathless excitement.

I froze. The truth had slipped off my tongue before my brain could catch it. Now I was staring down the barrel of a loaded gun. If the wrong person heard those words, my life in this pack would end before it even