The dream changed. After ten years of the same nightmare, it changed. In place of the darkness, I could see the man that pulled me from the wreckage. He carried me to safety and wiped my face clean of the blood and tears. Instead of scared, I felt like our hearts were momentarily entwined. I felt safe in his arms. He lay me down on the street, careful of my injuries. Those glowing red eyes looked straight into my soul, and I could finally hear what he was saying. It was a single word. "Mate." ~ Complete Approx word count: 90,000

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Season 1 of The Moonlit Curse Kiya Bridges has spent her whole life learning to hunt the unnatural. She, alongside the five other members of the Monster Hunter Corps, are some of the most capable soldiers the Kingdom of Westmora has ever seen. But since no one has seen a monster in over five hundred years, it's hard to take the missions seriously. All it takes is one bite from a rogue werewolf to shatter Kiya's worldview and open a void of uncertainty beneath her feet. One bite, and she is forced to confront everything she thought she knew about the world. With no one else to rely on, the only person she can turn to is the local innkeeper, August. As a subservient alpha to the Silverkeep Pack, August never imagined he would be the only one willing to guide a new victim of the curse. In order to protect her from the rest of his pack, August must hide his true identity from Kiya, but he finds himself drawn to the beautiful hunter, and she finds herself trusting him more and more. As Kiya's transition progresses in ways they couldn't imagine, the shadow of the rogue looms in the distance. A threat to Kiya's future, and a ghost of August's past. WARNING: This story contains mature content that may not be suitable for some readers.