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
Aria.Finding my way back was not easy. I followed a narrow passage that curved twice, then split into three directions.I stopped.Great.I turned in a slow circle, my stomach tightening. Every hallway looked the same. Grey walls. Emergency exit signs. Heavy metal doors with pack symbols printed on
He studied my face again.“Have you found anything else?” he asked gently.My throat went dry.For a terrifying moment, I could almost feel the weight of my phone in my pocket. The email. The folder I hadn’t opened. The file sitting in my inbox like a ticking clock.“No,” I said.It came out too fas
Aria.The evening air was cold while we waited outside the dorm building. Inside, I could hear the voices of my pack members arguing in the common room on what to watch on the TV, some debated watching the Ravens match against BloodPine while others couldn't care less. Today was the day of the matc
But I couldn’t.Not because I didn’t trust Lila.But because it wouldn’t even last.There was Alpha Elias. The plan. The files. The secrets I had stolen and the secrets I was still going to steal. The way, loving Kai and using him were now starting to blur together until I couldn’t tell which one wa







