LOGINELLAI stood by the gate and watched as students trooped into the school compound, everyone seemingly excited for the beginning of the school year. My thoughts shifted to Langdon, and I pondered what the odds would’ve been if things had taken a different route.The gates had been cleaned and repainted. It had been done so neatly that if I hadn’t been at the scene, I would never have believed something that gruesome had happened here.It reminded me of how fickle life actually was. For all our struggles and all the strife we felt, it was so easy to be here one day and gone the next—all because of a mere figment of people’s imaginations.There was no way to know what would’ve happened if he hadn’t been killed, and I decided I needed to stop plaguing myself with thoughts about things I couldn’t change or control.Shifting my weight from one foot to the other, I wondered how they’d react if they knew what had happened these past few weeks. I looked at the crowd walking past in droves and
SILVER LININGSThey had found her in a tank filled with water. She was unconscious, her clothes soaked through. They set her on the floor, and he could feel his heart racing as the thought of her already being dead filled him with sudden dread.They could’ve found a much easier way to kill her than drowning, and he started to think about how swift their deaths had been when a voice called out to him.“Kade!” the voice echoed, and he forced himself to focus on the scene before him. While he had been frozen in place at the sight, one of the other men had run up to her to check her pulse. “She’s alive,” he added when Kade locked gazes with him. “Her pulse is faint, but she’s alive.”Kade exhaled and ran his hand through his hair in relief. “Let’s get her home,” he said, joining the others to lift her body off the ground. The wolves ran ahead of them to ensure the coast was clear, and Kade stared at the sky as the sun set and filled it with streaks of yellow. It was going to be a full moo
RENAISSANCEKade thought about it for a moment, then nodded. There was no use arguing. Lucian had mentioned something about a plan between Lyla and Ella.The plan had obviously fallen through, and if the council could send help home, then he would go help her. The head seer was right—her abilities aside, she was part of the pack, and they couldn’t leave anyone behind.“Let’s go,” he said to the men who stepped forward to follow him, and they walked to the front door.Once outside, he looked around the area, trying to find any potential threats but didn’t spot any. His close encounter with death replayed in his mind as his grazed cheek itched slightly.“Bear in mind that we’re being followed,” he said after a short silence, glancing at his companions, who were studying the area closely. “People who want to make sure this day is our last are tailing us, but fortunately, those who are willing to help are also nearby.”“How can we tell who’s on our side and who isn’t?” someone asked.He e
RACE AGAINST TIMEThe commotion was enough to distract Quincy. Some of the people who had come with him stepped out of the room to see what was happening with Lyla and the bodyguard in the hallway, and the second he took his eyes off Lucian, the latter knocked the gun out of his hand and punched him in the face.Quincy staggered backward and spat blood. His mom quickly moved out of reach and lunged at one of the others closest to her, pinning their hand behind their back.“You’re going to regret that, Blackthorn,” he muttered, wiping his mouth before taking a fighting stance.Lucas stared at them, wondering if he should interfere in the fight that was about to ensue or allow things to unfold. When Quincy had come to him with an offer to help the sect lure the Blackthorns into their trap, he had taken it with a pinch of salt, knowing that at the end of the day, he couldn’t trust anyone who would willingly betray their own kind.He had the same amount of mistrust for the rogue werewolve
WORLDS COLLIDING IIKade hurried to the kitchen, glancing at his mom as she stood at the entrance, talking to whoever was at the door. He hoped she’d be able to turn them away.Having the seer over had been one visitor too many already. He wasn’t interested in speaking to anyone else. Preoccupied with his thoughts, he stepped into the kitchen and looked around in confusion.“That was Ella,” he mumbled, running his hands through his hair.As much as he wanted to believe his mind was playing tricks on him, he knew he had heard her begging to be found.She had also said something about killing everyone, which sounded absurd—but the static he had heard probably scrambled the message she was trying to send.His thoughts shifted to what Lucian had said earlier about the plan Ella and Lyla had devised, and panic began to rise at the possibility that they were in trouble, especially if Quincy had caught onto their antics.Beads of sweat formed on his forehead, and his hands trembled at the th
WORLDS COLLIDINGKade felt it before he saw it. That damned orb had made its way into the house, but there was something different about it this time. He didn’t feel like the world was crashing around him—he was afraid.He stopped walking and watched Lucian descend the stairs for a moment before following. They walked into the living room and saw their mom standing beside the seer.“Why are you here?” Lucian blurted, and the seer arched an eyebrow.“I think you want to hear this,” she replied, reaching into a bag beside her. She carefully lifted the orb out of it and placed it on the center table.Kade held his breath, and Lucian took two steps back. “Why is this here?” he asked.“Do you ever bring good news with you?” Kade muttered and exhaled. He glanced at the orb and frowned. “It’s green,” he added, and she nodded.“I walked into the office this morning, expecting it to be glowing red as usual, but it was green. I think I know why—but first, what do you feel?”Kade glanced at Luci
LUCIANIt had been two days since Ella and I saw each other in the woods, but I still hadn’t gotten over how I felt when our skin touched.That, and the way the pack meeting made me feel. At first, I had brushed it off as nothing and focused on the physical part of it because most of the conflicts
KADE“If wishes were horses, beggars would ride”That was my waking thought that morning, and at first, it seemed bizarre. But as the day progressed, I understood why that line kept looping in my mind. The universe had decided to plague me with thoughts of Ella Harper, and I hated it.Getting out o
ELLAWe spent the next few hours training. I couldn’t tell if she had gotten stronger over the last few days or if she was simply channeling her emotions into this session, but at the beginning, I was struggling to keep up.Slowly, I started catching up with her pace. My body hurt all over, and my
KADEThe meeting had ended, and I went home. Lucian said he needed some time alone, and I understood him. After that commotion during the pack meeting, he certainly needed the space to reevaluate things.I knew he would come to talk to me when he was ready - he always did. First, as a way of freein







