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
LeviIt was at this point that it clickedI watched the pattern resolve: the proximity, the attention, the obsessive way Sofia tracked Ava's moods, the way she always defaulted to physical touch, the way she never spoke about Maya's accident without looking to me for validation first.She loved Ava.
I stared, then looked at her. “Is this real?”She nodded. “That’s larimar. Very rare. I had a friend in the Caribbean source it. Took almost three months to find the right cut.” She shrugged, like it was nothing, like she hadn’t just spent a quarter of a year tracking down a rock for me.“It’s beaut
EvelynHe started pacing around her, slow at first, then faster. “Don’t think,” he said. “Move. Just move.”She tracked him with her body, every muscle tensed, like she was waiting for an attack. I recognized the tactic; it was old pack logic, straight out of the hierarchy training Catherine used to
Evelyn“She’s... a friend.” Ava’s words barely got out. She glanced away from me, picking a spot on the opposite wall, her voice brittle as dry grass.I let the silence stretch. Every tick of Maya’s heart monitor was a judge’s gavel. My daughter’s scent told me more than she ever would—guilt, confus







