POV: Luna

I existed in a thousand places at once. A child in Ohio, crying as her body twisted. A soldier in Germany, fighting the transformation with military discipline. A grandmother in Japan, whispering prayers as vampire fangs erupted from her gums.

All of them. All at once. In my head. Their emotions flooded me like a tidal wave. Fear, rage, joy, confusion, pain, ecstasy. Every feeling multiplied by thousands, crashing through my consciousness until I couldn't tell where I ended and they began.

I was drowning.

"Luna!" Theo's voice cut through the chaos. "Stay with me!"

Through the mate bond, he was my anchor. The one solid thing in...