Miastella

EXCERPT:

Ric didn't know what he would expect as those big, round, moon touched eyes found his, but he knew what he feared it would be. It was a look he didn't want to see again, eyes he thought he would never see again. Her eyes held the moon in them, as if Selene herself blessed them with her touch. They were otherworldly, they trapped the raging sun in his, they stole his breath, his power, his strength. They were his. Her small fingers that were cold to the touch sent stars to his soul, touching, grasping, igniting. She was a soul that was once thought lost, but now in his reach again. That simple thought, those words whispering in his head, the Lupo that shared his skin came alight within in, howling to touch the little one that looked at him with eyes so big, so curious.

But he knew, he knew she was not his. Not yet. She had much growing to do, much learning. She was not human, she was no Lupo, she was an anomaly. He knew he could not have her, he could not stand to see her without seeing the moon he thought he lost long ago.