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
I turned toward Lila as she took a shaky breath. She didn’t meet my eyes, but I could see her fighting to stay composed. Her shoulders were square, even if her hands were shaking.She walked to the stage in silence. The room didn’t clap this time.I squeezed my hands together as the silence grew aga
AriaThe badge in my hand looked harmless. A small silver plate with my name etched into it.Aria Lagnston. Below it in bold lettering, Omega from Silverwood. Then in smaller numbers beneath that, Rank 6 in Ravencrest. Strength: 3/10. My fingers closed around it tightly before pinning it to my unif
He hadn’t just gotten me a gift. He had gotten me this. An exact replica of the one thing I’d lost that night that had meant comfort. Safety. He had thought of that. And even though he had no idea of what it looked like in my mind. It seemed like the moon goddess had led him to this at the store. An
Maya leaned in with a sigh. “Ignore him. He's still low ranked.”I nodded, trying to refocus, but my eyes kept scanning the room. Still no sign of Kai. My fingers fidgeted at my side. I hadn’t seen him since this morning. My brain told me it wasn’t a big deal, but my heart... well, it was searching







