LOGINAurora's POV"Hello, sister-in-law."I stopped walking.Selene came down the last steps slowly. She stopped when we were eye level. She smiled at me like we were old friends."I have heard so much about you," she said."I haven't heard much about you." I tilted my head."That's alright. I understand. We're going to get very close soon." Her eyes dropped to my hands, then came back up. "I also heard you're a healer. It's an honor to stand in your presence."She bowed.I wanted to leave. Something about her made my skin crawl. I hated feeling that way about someone I had just met."You don't have to bow," I said, smiling anyway. "Well, take care."I walked past her."Wait."I paused and turned. "Was there something else you wanted to say?""It's just that I noticed how you care for your brothers." She said it softly. "I can see it in your eyes."I squinted at her. "What are you saying?""I'm just letting you know that I intend to take very, very good care of Logan. So you don't have to
Aurora's POV After practising for a while, I was starting to feel confident in my flirting skills. I didn't want to admit it, but skipping school was really good for me today.I was in the middle of one of Jenny's stories, something about a boy, a vending machine, and a very wrong text, when my phone rang.I checked the screen to see it was from Lucas.The kiss from this morning came back all at once: his hands on my face, the desperation in his mouth, my own voice whispering, okay, let's work it out together. Every bit of progress I'd made today disappeared. I had literally just promised to try with him, and now I was practising how to ask his brother out."Babe, are you okay?" Jenny asked, worried."Yes. It's just Lucas."Her gaze narrowed a little before smoothing back to normal. But I'd already seen it. I wondered what the story between Lucas and Jenny was, or whether I was reading too much into things. The thought of asking crossed my mind, but I let it go. Knowing Jenny, if s
Aurora's POVHe kept my hand in his all the way back to the school. I tried to enjoy it, and I would have, if my mind didn't keep drifting back to a certain someone.He walked me all the way to the classroom and pecked my hair. "I'll come and pick you up later, okay?"I nodded and walked in. Lucielle and Jenny were already seated in our usual back corner. I plastered a smile on my face and sat beside them.Jenny frowned the moment she looked at me. Sometimes I hated how observant she was."Are you okay?""Yeah." I nodded, sitting down."Ha." She wiped her face, looking tired. "First Lucielle walks in like she's hiding from the devil himself, and then you walk in looking like the world crashed on you. One of you had better speak up before I lose my mind."I bit my lip, trying to stop the tears. It was too late. I stood and ran out of the class, ignoring the stares, and didn't stop until I reached the back of the school. I let them fall. Lucielle and Jenny skidded to a stop behind me."
Aurora's POVNo. No, this can't be happening.My wolf whined inside of me, high and broken, the sound vibrating through my ribs until I couldn't tell where my own pain started and where hers ended.I stood in the middle of the bathroom with the water running behind me, steam filling the air like a fog I couldn't see through, and pressed both hands to my chest as if I could hold myself together.How could I even explain this pain to anyone? My stepbrother was getting engaged. And I couldn't do a thing about it. I didn't want him to be engaged. I wanted him to be mine. Forever. I wanted him to look at me…not all the unwanted, creepy eyes I was being forced to endure, not Selene's calculating gaze across the dinner table, not Lucas's warm, possessive stare. I wanted his eyes. The eyes of the man who hurt me the most. The eyes of the man I wanted to hurt the most.But I wanted them locked on me.I wanted him to curve his scent into mine. I wanted to rip Selene into pieces for daring to
Logan’s POVWhy the fuck did I push her like that at the tree line? What if she’d gotten hurt?I couldn’t stop turning it over in my head as I walked back toward the house. I rubbed my eyes, suddenly exhausted in a way training never left me, and pushed through the front door.They were already seated.The dining room glowed gold, candles down the length of the long oak table, the smell of roasted meat thick in the air. My father sat at the head, our stepmother beside him. And next to her sat a stranger. A girl our age, blonde hair swept into an elegant twist, a deep blue dress, a smile that never touched her eyes.I disliked her before she’d said a single word.She looked at me the moment I walked in, and there was calculation behind it. She knew exactly why she was here.Aurora was already seated when I found my chair, her spine too straight, her eyes fixed hard on her plate. She’d changed into a soft grey sweater, her silver hair pulled back. She didn’t look up when I sat down.Lu
Isaiah Vane’s POV“This is truly remarkable.” Councilman Reyes turned the report over in his hands like it might change what it said if he looked at it from a different angle. “Nothing like this has happened before. I haven’t witnessed such a thing in all my years.”I said nothing, I was equally as thrilled by this news as he was. It was amazing. We sat around the long table in the council chamber, five of us, the reports spread out between us like evidence at a trial.Which, in a way, they were. Crop yields from Shadowpine territory up three hundred percent in six weeks. Gold reserves nearly doubled. Livestock birthing rates that made the pack’s own record-keepers double-check their instruments, certain they’d made an error.“Where is all of this suddenly coming from?” Reyes asked, looking up at me. “The wealth. The resources. It doesn’t just appear.”“I have my guesses,” I said, rubbing my chin.Councilman Okafor leaned forward. “You mentioned it that day. You suspect the girl.”“
Logan’s POV I didn’t even realize when my wolf had pushed his way to the surface.His eyes were mine now, gold and burning, the line between us so thin I could barely tell where he ended and I began anymore. I let out a growl low in my chest, and the sound of it dropped the whole hallway into sil
Logan’s POVI found my father in his study, going over the patrol reports like he did every morning.He looked up when I walked in, and something flickered across his face. Surprise, maybe. It had been a long time since I came to talk to him about anything that wasn’t pack business.“Well.” He set
Aurora’s POVBy the fourth day, I was breaking, and the worst part was, I did not know if it was my wolf or my heart.I woke up drenched in sweat, my sheets tangled around my legs like they were trying to trap me. Fever burned through my body, making my skin feel too tight, too small for what was
Logan's POVI had spent twenty-three years building control, discipline, duty, and dominance. Then a silver-eyed wolf walked into my house and destroyed everything.I paced my room like a caged animal, my wolf raging inside me with a violence I had never experienced. Claim her. Mate. OURS. The wor







