LOGIN“You don’t understand—”“No,” Tobias interrupted coldly. “You don’t.”His eyes dropped toward the words stretched across my chest.“Go cheer for your new pack.”Then they turned and disappeared into the crowd and a helpless frustration clawed through me.“They’ll listen eventually,” Lila whispered s
Aria.Lila and I left the room in silence.The tension between us had changed after the call with Alpha Elias. Before, there had still been uncertainty, confusion and even worse some tiny desperate hope that maybe this could still end peacefully somehow.Now all of that was gone.Something terrible
Lila stopped pacing finally, staring at me with a mixture of anger and concern.“So what now?”I looked toward the window slowly.“At halftime,” I said, “I’m going back to Riko’s penthouse.”Her eyes widened again. “Absolutely not!”“I have to.”“Aria—”“I think this entire Luna exchange for us and
Aria.I stared at myself in the mirror and hated everything I saw.The orange jersey clung loosely to my body, the bold foxes colors making my stomach twist every time I looked at them. But it wasn’t the colors I hated most.It was the words stretched across my chest.PROPERTY OF FOXBRIDGE.Every ti
“I wonder how he’ll react when he finds out that his little mate is a traitor.”My chest tightened painfully.“That it was your information that led us to his mother.”Tears burned my eyes immediately.“That because of you, we know exactly how many scouts Ravencrest has stationed across the borders.
Aria.I shoved Riko away angrily, wiping the blood off my lips as I glared at him.“What makes you think I’m going to do anything for you?” I snapped.My voice shook with anger and fear, but I forced myself to hold his gaze anyway.“You drugged me,” I continued, my chest rising unevenly. “You kidnap
“This must have cost a ton,” I said, stunned.“Not really,” Kai replied from somewhere behind me. “It was quite cheap.”I didn’t believe that for a second, but I was too caught up in the moment to argue. The phone was real. In the box beside it was an empty SIM card case, a charger, and a tiny slip
“And they stay with us?” Lila asked, raising her eyebrows.“Uh-huh,” Maya said cheerfully. “They sit in classes with us, train on the private fields, eat in the dining hall, basically, they’re temporary students for the week.”“So they transfer into Ravencrest High for the whole week?” I asked, stil
I shoved him lightly in the chest. “You’re impossible.”“And you’re adorable when you’re flustered.”I turned to grab my bag, needing a second to breathe, but his laugh followed me. I hated how much I didn’t hate it. This version of him, playful, relaxed, less guarded, it was a problem. A beautiful,
“I want to believe you’re different,” I said, softer now. “I really do. But I don’t know if I can trust that. I don’t know if I can trust you.”He lifted his head, eyes meeting mine. They were full of something raw. Something that made it harder to walk away.“I would never hurt you,” he said. “I wo







