Se connecter“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
My voice cut off abruptly.The blockers.My head snapped toward the healer. “How long?” I demanded.She hesitated, clearly uneasy under the intensity of my stare. “Long enough for it to affect her system,” she admitted carefully. “Her wolf is weakened. The bond… unstable.”Unstable.A cold weight se
Damon’s POV“Aria!” My voice tore out of me before I could stop it, rough and sharp enough to echo against the walls, but she didn’t slow down. She didn’t even hesitate, she just ran.The door slammed behind her and for a second, I couldn’t move.I stood there, staring at the space she had just occu
“Tomorrow,” I echoed.He lingered for a second longer, his gaze searching my face like he was trying to find something he didn’t understand. Then he turned and walked away.I didn’t close the door until he was completely gone.The second it shut, I sagged against it, my body trembling as the adrenal
Aria’s POVMy heart was still racing when the knock came again. “Aria!”The sound of his voice cut through everything, snapping the fragile calm that had settled in the room into jagged pieces. I froze where I sat, the mug still warm in my hands, my pulse spiking so hard it made my chest ache.Acro







