LOGINI looked toward the slowly emptying Ravens side again and clasped my shaking hands together tightly.Please.Please let everyone get out in time first.Maya bit down hard on her lip as another wave of terrified wolves rushed past the exits.“Do you think we made it in time?” she asked shakily.I loo
Aria.My hands trembled around the microphone as thousands of stunned eyes stared at me from every side of the stadium.The silence lasted only a second before everything exploded into noise.“What the hell is she talking about?”“She’s lying!”“Get her off the field!”But I forced myself to keep sp
By the time Lila and I reached the stadium again, my lungs burned from running.The giant arena still glowed brightly against the night sky, music blasting through the open entrances while thousands of wolves moved in and out during halftime. Security lines were more relaxed now, most guards distrac
Aria.Lila was full-on panicking now.“No, no, no,” she kept whispering, pacing back and forth across the penthouse bedroom while gripping her hair. “This is insane. Aria, this is insane.”I could barely breathe, either.My mind kept jumping between the blueprints, the bombs hidden beneath the Raven
I clicked on PLAN first.Instantly, dozens of files opened across the screen. Maps. Blueprints. Timetables. Strange diagrams.“What the hell…” Lila murmured beside me.The first image filled the screen completely.It looked like some kind of massive machine shaped almost like a submarine, long and m
Then my fingers hit something hard behind the hanging clothes.I frowned.“What is it?” Lila asked, immediately sitting upright.“There’s something back here.”I shoved the clothes aside fully and froze.Behind them was a large flat object leaning against the wall.Lila came over to help me drag it
The iron lift groaned as I stepped inside, pulling the lever down hard. The old gears screeched, the sound grating through my skull. My heart was hammering so fast it almost hurt. I kept tapping my foot, impatient, anxious, desperate.Aria must have been terrified. She’d never been in a place like t
Aria.I woke up with my cheek pressed into something that smelled like clean soap, cedar, and Kai.It was warm.A thick duvet. A big mattress. The soft glow of the city lights seeping through the curtains and faint glow of the moon across the room.I blinked slowly, my eyes heavy. My body felt reste
Serena’s lips trembled, “...with Aria, you are different. I never get to see that part of you. You even went out of your way to defend her, almost severing the alliance between our packs. Does she mean that much to you?”Her voice cracked at the end, and I felt it, guilt crawling under my skin, pres
I felt my throat tighten. “But you’re okay?”She nodded. “They brought medicine. Real medicine. And the beds, the food… even clothes. The heating.”My father added, quieter, “They even let us wash properly.”I stared at them, my mind racing.My mother continued softly, “It happened recently. Only da







