When Milos and Iris had kept me locked inside the dungeon for three months, they had even made sure to draw my blood and mail it to Javier so that I didn’t die.
See, that was the thing about Milos. Even though he had his own plans for me, the last thing he actually wanted was for me to die. That would have gone against everything he had wanted.
At least, at that point in time, he wanted me to stay alive. But now?
Well, now I was pretty sure he probably wanted to kill me.
“Good afternoon, class,” Caroline Wickburn began, snapping me out of my thoughts and right back to her classroom. “And welcome to Deadly Lunar Magic. Something you should all be aware of is that this is one of the most important classes that each and every one of you will ever take during your time as a Crescent at Werewolf Academy. Deadly Lunar Magic is something that all werewolves are capable of, but you, my dear Crescents, are more naturally able to perform this type of magic than other werewolves are. This is because, unlike other werewolves, you all have darkness written in your DNA.”
Professor Wickburn moved across the classroom. Her eyes locked on mine, and she smiled at me.
Returning the smile, I breathed the slightest sigh of relief. If she was still seeing Javier, I was pretty sure she didn’t know that I was his blood mate. Otherwise, I highly doubted she would be smiling at me.
“But what’s most important is for you to learn how to control your dark lunar magic. As you already know from your previous Crescent classes, you are naturally more prone to use your magic for evil. Your mind doesn’t work the same way as a Descendant, a Marked, or a Lupine. You are more naturally inclined to think about ways you can harm other paranormal beings and humans. It’s just a part of your personality. Something you might not already know yet is that you also tend to be less in control of your magic than other werewolves are. This is because you think more with your heart than you do with your head—and most of the time, you don’t even think at all. You see, the moon can also throw you a curveball. But there’s another factor, too, that can complicate things even further. Even if you’re in control of your dark magic, the full moon can make it nearly impossible for a Crescent to contain it.
“Now, as many of you know, it is against the rules for you to use dark magic on the Werewolf Academy campus. But here’s where things can get tricky, at times. I’ll let you in on a little secret because there’s a chance that you might end up in a situation where you might find yourself getting into trouble for a spell you’ve casted using your dark magic on campus. And there is technically a way out of it. In order for you to actually get in trouble for using your dark lunar magic, someone needs to prove that it was premeditated. But it’s not always easy to prove that dark magic that’s been casted during a full moon was actually intentional,” she explained. “As werewolves, our powers are always amplified by the moon. Since your magic tends to be on the darker side to begin with, the moon only amplifies and sharpens that. Therefore, you very well may cast spells during a full moon that you may not even realize you are casting—irrevocable spells that you might not be able to undo.”
Professor Wickburn glanced around the room for a long moment before her eyes finally settled on mine. “If you aren’t careful enough, you just might end up killing someone under a full moon without even realizing what you’ve done.”
I could have sworn there was a pointed look in her eyes, which didn’t move away from mine. I might have only been imagining it, but I didn’t think I was.
No, I was pretty sure she was trying to tell me to murder someone during the full moon so that I could get away with it.
The only question was who? Which of the werewolves on my own personal hit list did Caroline Wickburn think I needed to get rid of?
Chapter 4
After all of our classes had ended, I made a beeline off the campus.
The last thing I wanted was to have an awkward run-in with Iris and Vince. And truthfully, all I really wanted was