MasukAvaThe 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
RobinI smiled looking at her. Couldn't help it.But I was never the right person. Not when her heart had always been somewhere else.Damon had been there first. Then after everything fell apart with him, after the hell he'd put her through, she just wanted to be alone with Ava. That's all she wante
Hilda The corridor opened into a wider junction and I stopped so fast Hilda nearly ran into my back. Mira stood in the center with four northern wolves behind her. My chest tightened. She'd told me to run. Told me to leave before they killed me. Then she'd opened the door and let the guards c
LeviFalco hung there dangling from my fist. Feet off the ground, my grip twisted in his collar cutting off just enough air to make breathing work.He just stared down at me.Didn't fight it. Didn't grab my wrist or twist out or do any of the shit I knew he could pull. Just hung there like he was wa
Frost smiled. "Yes. That's why you followed me, right?"I stared at him.He'd been different after he was free from Catherine. Different after Susan was gone. He'd actually talked to people. Smiled. Made jokes—bad ones, but still. He'd lived more in those last few months than he had in the previous







