ELENAI had never been this forward in my entire life.Not even close.Not the time I kissed a boy in a thunderstorm at seventeen. Not the time I slipped my number to the visiting Alpha’s Beta just to see if Mason would have a meltdown. Not even the time I told Logan, with full eye contact, that I d
CASSANDRAI survived the Blightwood.Barely.The memories came back to me in jagged flashes, like shards of broken mirror pressed too close to my eyes. The searing pain in my lungs as I ran, the stench of rot curling into my throat, the sensation of the forest closing in around me—not just the trees
ELENAI couldn’t stop talking about the date.Erin. Mason. The maids. Dawn. Even Chad.It was like my mouth had no filter anymore. Everything that usually kept me a little reserved—my instinct to be discreet, to keep things private, to protect the sacred things in my life—had been torched the second
“Miss Hart,” she said, smiling. “It’s so wonderful to see you down here! Back on your feet?”“I brought donuts,” I said. “Thought the kids might like a treat.”Miss Crystal stood and dusted her hands on her apron. “They’re going to lose their minds,” she said warmly. “Especially your little one. He’
ELENAEveryone was being a little weird around me.It started the moment I got back from the hospital. Whispers in the Moonstone packhouse—not loud enough to catch the words, but sharp enough to notice. The kind of hush that dropped when I entered a room. The kind that made you wonder what they knew
It was... something.“This is the plan?” I muttered, more to myself than to Jacob. “This is how I get to see my son?”Jacob shrugged, arms folded like he was presiding over my downfall. He was still leaning against the doorframe like he’d just delivered a eulogy and was taking a moment to admire his