LOGINHey everyone,I know it’s been a while, and I’ve seen your messages and comments asking about the story. I just want to say I truly appreciate your patience.I had to step away for a bit to handle something very personal, but please know I haven’t forgotten about this book, not for a second. We’re s
"And do you know what's going to happen to them all if you do nothing?"I knew."They'll all die." Catherine's voice was flat. "They'll die without knowing what hit them. Right now, your mother possibly doesn't even know what she's doing. Neither does the vast amount of wolves Selene is calling. The
AvaI was staring at Catherine like she'd just said something so outrageous I needed her to repeat it just to make sure I'd heard correctly.But I had heard it.She'd told me I would have to consume the baby in her arms.What was that even supposed to mean?"I don't..." I stuttered. "I don't underst
She looked away, staring at something I couldn't see. "I wanted to handle it myself. Hell, I didn't want to handle it at all. All I wanted was to die. But Selene had other plans. She set me up for round two. Except it wasn't even a proper resurrection. Just dumped me here to rot. I can barely do any
It reminded me of something peaceful.Just... peaceful.Like all the chaos and fear and confusion of the last however long just didn't matter when I looked at those shifting brown eyes.I looked back at Grandma. "What do you mean?"She paced. Three steps away. Three steps back. Her movements tight a
AvaI was running. The baby in my arms. My feet pounding against something that might have been floor but wasn't anymore.Then I was falling.Not down exactly. Through. The white space opening up beneath me like a mouth. My momentum carrying me forward even as the ground disappeared. The baby slippi
SofiaThe girls’ bathroom on this floor always smelled like one of those dollar store air fresheners that was supposed to cover up something much worse and only made it more noticeable, like a perfume-laced corpse.I guided Ava there with a hand under her elbow. She didn’t resist, but she didn’t wal
SofiaI guided her to the stall and opened the shower door. She stepped inside and just… stood, arms at her sides, chin down.I watched the water run over her, flatten her hair, trail down her skin in streaks that pooled at the ridges of her collarbone and then dripped in a rhythm I started counting
SofiaBeen back on a school ground, it reminded me of how time had a way of falling apart—classes would go on, papers getting assigned, even saw some other poor bastard throw up in the lounge at two a.m., but inside our dorm room it was always the same hour: frozen, sterile, an two degrees colder th
SofiaI crossed the room before I even knew I was moving, stopped right in front of her, crowding her space on purpose. “No,” I said, voice sharp enough to cut. “You don’t get to decide that for me.”Ava looked up, startled, and for the first time in days I saw her react to something in real time. S







