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
AvaAbove me, a bird landed in the sycamore tree. I could hear its heartbeat, the quick flutter, the scratch of its claws on the bark. I heard it swallow.I heard the feather ruffle as it shook out a wing. Somewhere underground, water rushed through a pipe, so loud I thought the earth itself was goi
Sofia.I spent the hours after midnight working the greenhouse like a last-call bartender: running on empty, still pouring. Most of the guests had thinned out by then, but the stragglers were the worst kind—the ones who’d paid for the privilege of pretending they were too important to leave on time.
SofiaReed was still there when we got back. The moment I saw him, a relief so sharp and deep ran through me I almost had to sit down.He was in the desk chair, legs crossed, one hand scrolling through something on his phone. The other rested on Maya’s bed rail, not even gripping—just there, calm, l
SofiaFor a while, I didn’t say anything. I checked Maya’s monitors, made sure the fluid line wasn’t crimped, and cleaned the residue off her mouth with a damp gauze pad. It was all routine now.When I looked up, Ava hadn’t moved. She was still pressed to the desk, her knuckles bone-white.“You don’







