LOGIN“If anything,” I added, my fingers curling slightly at my sides, “it would be a risk. If my wolf dies because of something like this…” My voice faltered for a split second before I forced it steady again. “Then I will never forgive her.”The words came out colder than I intended, but I meant every s
Aria’s POV“The man said you were friends.”My voice came out quieter than I expected, but it still cut through the heavy silence in the room. The words seemed to settle over all three of us at once, pulling us into the same unsettling thought.Damon didn’t respond immediately. His jaw tightened, hi
Aria’s POVLyra’s hand came at me fast… too fast for someone wearing heels.But I had spent the last few months running, hiding, shrinking myself to survive in a world that kept trying to swallow me whole. I wasn’t that girl anymore.I moved and her palm barely grazed my cheek before I caught her wr
Aria’s POV“What do you mean by ‘finally?’” Lyra’s voice cracked, sharp and disbelieving as she stared at Damon like he had just insulted her very existence. Her chest rose and fell rapidly, her fingers curling into fists at her sides. “I’m right here. I’ve been here for a long time!”A laugh slippe
Aria’s POVMy hands wouldn’t stop shaking.I was still gripping the steering wheel, my knuckles white, my breath coming in sharp, uneven bursts that burned my lungs. The engine hummed beneath me, but everything else felt distant, muted, like the world had been shoved underwater.I stared ahead at hi
Aria’s POVThe world still rang from the explosion of glass.My ears hadn’t fully recovered, the sharp echo of that unnatural sound lingering like a ghost inside my skull, but the silence that followed felt worse. Too heavy. Too aware.And then he stepped out of the trees.I froze.He didn’t look li
Damon’s POVI didn’t leave her side, not when the healer barked orders and shoved herbs into her wounds, not when Mira broke down for the third time and had to be pulled away and not even when Kade started pacing the room like a caged animal, his presence thick with tension that made my wolf restles
Damon’s POVMy focus was on the small, trembling figure kneeling beside Aria. Mira. Her hands hovered uselessly over Aria’s broken form, trembling so violently it was a wonder she hadn’t collapsed beside her already.“What happened!? What is she doing here? Did you release her!?” I demanded, my voic
We were being overrun.I turned, scanning the battlefield, searching for any opening, any advantage, but there was none.Only chaos, only blood, only loss.Blinding, searing pain ripped through my side as something suddenly slammed into me from behind. I barely registered the impact before claws tor
Damon’s POVThe first wolf lunged before I could finish the order.“RETREAT! FALL BACK!” I roared, my voice cutting through the chaos as rain lashed against my face and soaked through my skin. My ribs screamed in protest when I moved, but I ignored it, stepping forward instead of back as the first c







