Masuk“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
Aria.The car stopped, and I pushed the door open, stepping out onto the pavement. “Thanks,” I muttered to the driver, though my voice was tight. My eyes lifted almost immediately, widening at the sight in front of me. I had never been in this part of Ravencrest before. It looked luxurious. The hot
Lila’s expression shifted to one of confusion. “So… are they, like, lovey-dovey and all that?”I paused. The image flashed in my head, Serena’s fingers curling around his arm, the way she smiled like she already owned everything and everyone. Then how Kai had ripped his hand away from her and walke
Aria.I was going to kill him.Thirty whole minutes. That was how long I’d been sitting in the library, waiting like an idiot. My books had already been laid out, notes highlighted, pages bookmarked. I even sharpened my pencil twice. And yet, no Kai Blackthorn.“Meet at the usual spot for lessons to
Her voice had a bite to it. She turned and looked at me, and I froze.“I just hope,” she added quietly, “that if nothing else, she gets close enough to him to bring him and his wretched family down.”My heart dropped. The guilt rushed in like a wave.I looked away, unable to meet her eyes. “Come on,







