LOGINThis stupid box was staring at me.
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~Valeria~"Excuse me?" Alerion turned slowly to face him."I said security should've been better. How did three men get into the house without anyone noticing?""I had guards posted.""Clearly not enough guards."
~Valeria~The window was open.The curtain billowing in a breeze that shouldn't exist because I knew for a fact I'd closed and locked that window before bed.I stared at it from my bed, my heart already starting to pound.Someone h
~Valeria~This stupid box was staring at me.Okay, boxes don’t stare, but this one was giving straight-up judgmental vibes. Just sitting on my desk where my dad dumped it three days ago with the most useless line ever: “Open this when you’re ready.” Ready for what? Ready to have my whole life flipped upside down? Ready to cry? Ready to scream? What kind of vague-ass nonsense is that?
~Alerion~Caius leaned back, studying me with that look that saw too much. “You’re scared shitless.”“I’m not.”“You are. I see it. You’re terrified that once she gets real power, real options, she’ll realize she doesn’t need you. Doesn’t need any of us. Admit it, bro.”
~Alerion~My knuckles were still dripping fresh blood when I banged on Caius’s door like I was trying to break the damn thing down. The cuts stung like a bitch from punching that wolf’s face until he stopped moving, but I didn’t give a fuck. I just came straight from the Dark Wolf King’s warehouse and I was pissed.Caius yanked the door open, took one look at my fucked-up hands and the red smears all over his doorframe, and let out the longest, most dramatic sigh ever. “What the actual fuck
~Valeria~The second attempt went slightly better.They managed to walk the entire entrance without anyone tripping or shoving.Progress, I guess.
~Valeria~
~Valeria~My stepfather just announced to an entire pack of werewolves that he's planning to use me in three days, and somehow I have to stand here smiling like this is totally normal and not the most messed up thing that's ever happened to me.The pack square was absolutely packed with wolves from
~Lysander~So apparently I've become that guy who lurks in shadows watching the girl he likes do potentially life-threatening research, which is either peak romantic or peak creepy depending on who you ask, and honestly I'm not sure which one I'm going for anymore.I'd been following Valeria every
~Valeria~If there was an award for most embarrassing family in the history of blind dates, mine would win by a landslide, and honestly I was about five seconds away from faking my own death and moving to Canada.I was sitting across from Carson at this fancy Italian restaurant that Cassian had pic







