LOGINāYou donāt understandāāāNo,ā Tobias interrupted coldly. āYou donāt.āHis eyes dropped toward the words stretched across my chest.āGo cheer for your new pack.āThen they turned and disappeared into the crowd and a helpless frustration clawed through me.āTheyāll listen eventually,ā 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.āSo what now?āI looked toward the window slowly.āAt halftime,ā I said, āIām going back to Rikoās penthouse.āHer eyes widened again. āAbsolutely not!āāI have to.āāAriaāāāI 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 wasnāt the colors I hated most.It was the words stretched across my chest.PROPERTY OF FOXBRIDGE.Every ti
āI wonder how heāll react when he finds out that his little mate is a traitor.āMy chest tightened painfully.āThat it was your information that led us to his mother.āTears burned my eyes immediately.āThat 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.āWhat makes you think Iām going to do anything for you?ā I snapped.My voice shook with anger and fear, but I forced myself to hold his gaze anyway.āYou drugged me,ā I continued, my chest rising unevenly. āYou kidnap
His glare sharpened, like knives cutting into me. He hissed the words through his teeth. āItās from fucking Luke Whitmore, isnāt it?āI didnāt answer. Couldnāt. The silence gave me away anyway.Kaiās growl was so deep it rattled the air. āThat bastard. I told him not to come within five feet of you.
KaiI stood in front of Noahās room. The one on the left side of the hall. My head throbbed as the memories came back, pounding like a second heartbeat. I could still see it, like a ghost replaying itself, me running down this same hallway at night, chasing the glowing lights Noah had stuck on the f
Aria.The dining room felt the same as the last time I was here, maybe colder. The long table stretched forever, covered in dishes like we were feeding an army. Eggs, toast, waffles, pancakes, and tea pots.Kai pulled out a chair for me, smirking as if that made him charming.āDonāt act like a gentl
āNo. You canāt leave.āOne of her brows arched, sharp and unimpressed. āExcuse me?āMy mind raced. I rubbed the back of my neck, scrambling for anything, before blurting, āMy head. You have to wrap it up again. I canāt do it myself.āShe started to rise again, her hand brushing mine away. āGet one o







