登入AvaThe first thing I heard was a low, tired voice, reading words I couldn't quite catch yet. My body felt heavy under the sheets, pinning me to the bed. I could hear the steady rasp of my own breathing. My open eyes blinked dryly in the dim light.I opened my eyes wider. A small, pale room with a c
AvaDad let go of the shackle and sat back, his face relaxing from the concentration. He was quiet for a long moment. Then his eyes met mine."Baby," he said gently, "do you want to know what happened?"Something in his tone made my chest tighten. I had a feeling that this was a truth I wasn't ready
AvaHe stepped out of the blackness, edging closer, until I could finally see him. Unbelievable. He was so young, the age he was when...when he died. His warm brown eyes, both of them, looked at me with a fond smile.I stared, my mouth hanging open, unable to make a sound. My dad. Standing in front
LeviI settled into the chair by her bed and took her hand in mine, rubbing my thumb over the back of it. "Hey, Ava. It's Levi," I said, trying to keep my voice steady. "I just talked to Sofia. We had some things to say to each other."I sat there, rubbing her hand, trying to find the words Maya and
LeviI sat with my father in his room, a week after Hilda's funeral. Some families had already packed up and left the pack after becoming human. Others had stayed, unsure of where else to go.My father wheezed beside me, the hiss of his oxygen tank an ever-present sound now. He was thinner, frail, h
MayaI zipped Sofia's dress as best I could with my good hand. The collar was tricky. I fiddled clumsily with the small metal fastening. "There, perfect," I said, releasing the dress and stepping back.Sofia blinked hard at her reflection in the mirror. Her hair was pulled back in a neat bun. The dr
I looked at him. "Someone is dead already.""You didn't kill him," Levi countered. "If there's anyone to blame, it's Alpha dimwit. He let his pride get the better of him. But look..."I saw Hilda stepping out of the debris almost unscathed except for a mangled tattooed arm. But right before my eyes,
DamonThe hallway seemed endless. Every step made my body ache, muscles still knitting themselves back together beneath my skin. My right eye throbbed against the empty socket, phantom pain from something that wasn't there anymore. The bandage covering half my face felt too tight, too present.Elena
Well, here we are. End of Volume 1.I know, I know—ending on Ava collapsing is cruel. But if you've made it this far through all the betrayal, werewolf politics, and Damon's spectacular ability to make the worst possible decisions, you probably expected I wouldn't wrap things up with a neat little b
Evelyn communicated openly with Elina now, talking through what they were seeing, what they were trying.Ava had been hooked up to a machine that beeped with her heartbeat, the sound growing more uneven by the second. She'd gone still now, no longer clutching at her chest. I wasn't sure if that was







