POV: Ronan Montague

I arrived at Moonrise Academy at 8:47 PM, right as the blood moon hit totality.

The motorcycle ride from my exile location had taken six hours of pushing speed limits and ignoring every instinct that screamed this was a terrible idea. But Juliana's message had been clear: her parents were forcing the arranged mating ceremony tonight. During the blood moon. When her wolf would be too overwhelmed to resist the ritual bonding.

They were counting on the lunar event to ...