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
“The younger ones are forced to attend Ravencrest’s school. My parents, our elders, they were ordered to swear allegiance. They refused. Now they’re locked in the dungeons.” My chest heaved with the weight of it. “Are you here to save them, Alpha?”I searched his face desperately, praying for hope,
AriaI stared at Alpha Elias, his face carved with lines that looked older than I remembered. His eyes carried too much, regret, pain, secrets. When he sighed, it filled the whole room, heavy and tired.“Aria,” he said quietly, “you are the one who will save them.”My heart stilled in my chest. “Me?
The announcer’s voice boomed over the speakers, “The Ravens advance to the next stage of the championships!”My gaze swept the field until it landed on him. Kai.He was pulling off his helmet, sweat darkening his hair, his blue eyes gleaming even from a distance. He and the rest of the team lined up
I saw the bruise again and swallowed hard. “I… I should go,” I whispered, needing space, air, anything to escape the weight of his gaze.But Luke shook his head slightly and reached into his jacket. “Wait,” he said. “Before I leave. I wanted to give you something.”He held out a small box, simple bu







