INICIAR SESIÓNI 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
Aria.By the time Maya and I made it through the gates, my ears were already ringing.The stadium was massive. Maya has said Blood Pine Ridge was one of the biggest packs by land mass, in rivalry with Ravencrest. Every level was packed with people. Thousands of wolves filled the stands, as they chee
Aria.The reporter’s voice cut straight through the noise.“Or,” she added lightly, like this was all some harmless game, “are you open to new political matches with other packs? Another strategic marriage, perhaps, to secure Ravencrest’s position?”Everything seemed to pause.The cheers from only s
Kai let out a humourless laugh. “Welcome to pack politics.”I stared at my hands in his, trying to steady my breathing. “I don’t want to admit but I am a bit sad about her situation. The alpha’s daughter who failed to secure your heart, now she might be forced to see you with another. Her sister non
When we finally pulled apart, my forehead rested against his chest, my heart racing.I knew this wouldn’t last.I knew that somewhere beyond these walls, plans were already forming. That Alpha Elias was waiting. That Ravencrest would fall, piece by piece, from the inside. That one day I would walk a







