Mag-log inRaven’s POV I woke up to pain and warmth. My neck throbbed as if someone had poured fire straight into the bite on my neck close to the previous place Axel hit me years back. . My shoulder felt shredded. Every breath hurt but there were arms around me. Hands that held and bodies pressed closely on every side.I opened my eyes gradually.The team recovery room. Dim lights, beeping monitors and four guys who looked like they had not slept in days.Ethan sat on the edge of the bed, my hand gripped tightly in both of his. His blond hair stuck up wild, dark circles carved under his blue eyes and he had blood on his shirt. My blood.Luca leaned against the wall, arms crossed, staring at the floor. His jaw kept clenching and unclenching.Dante sat on the floor with his back to the bed, head resting on the mattress right by my hip. His knuckles were split open and bruised purple.Eli was in the chair beside me, asleep with his head on my blanket, fingers still wrapped around my wrist li
Ethan’s POVI felt it first. I shot straight up in bed like someone had driven a blade through my chest. The scream was not a sound. It was Raven. Pure terror ripping through the bond so hard my vision went white.I was out the door before my feet hit the floor.Luca was already in the hallway, shirtless, eyes black, fists clenched so tight blood dripped from where his nails cut his palms.Dante came crashing out of his room roaring her name. His wolf was half shifted, claws out, fangs long.Eli stumbled after us, face ghost white, phone still in his hand as if he had been trying to call her.We did not speak because we didn’t need to. We all felt the same thing. Raven screaming, bleeding and fighting for her life.I grabbed my keys. “My truck. Now.”We piled in without doors even shutting properly. Tires screamed as I floored it out of the lot.The bond pulled us like a rope around our ribs. North. Into the hills. Past the last streetlight. Every second felt like dying.Dante p
Raven’s POV I left the dorm at four in the morning without a note or text, just my boots, my keys and the knife I kept strapped under my jacket. Axel’s message came an hour after he walked out of the lab.Midnight Cabin. Old fire road past mile marker nine. Come alone or the elders get a full report on Eli’s blood by dawn. No trucks. No tails.I stared at the screen until the words burned into my eyes. Then I deleted the message and walked out before any of the dorm mates woke up.The ride took twenty minutes. Cold bit through my jacket and my hands shook on the grips the whole way. I kept seeing Eli’s face when Axel said the word traitor. It was as if I kept hearing the threat in his voice. I would not let them take Eli, not for something he never asked for.The cabin sat dark at the end of a dirt track, windows busted, roof sagging. Axel’s truck was already there, hidden under pine branches. He leaned against the hood, arms crossed, green eyes catching my headlight like an an
Raven’s POV The photo trembled between my fingers.My mother stared back at me, younger than I ever knew her, eyes bright and fearless. The same eyes I saw in the mirror every morning. The same mouth and the same tilt of the head when she was about to say something.Eli knelt in front of me on the cold lab floor, face pale, he was patiently waiting for me to speak or scream or run. I could not do any of those things. My throat had closed up tight.“This cannot be real,” I finally whispered.Eli’s voice shook. “I thought the same thing for days. I kept going back to the old records. Same birth date. Same pack symbol tattooed on her shoulder in the corner of another picture. It is her, Raven. Your mom ran from the same pack my mom did.”“Then why do they look alike? Or is there a mix up?” I said. I dropped the photo and it fluttered to the floor between us.My mom never talked about her past. Gossip said she showed up in our town one day, pregnant with me, no ring, no family, no exp
Raven’s POV I found Eli in the biology lab after midnight. The whole building was dark except for this one room. Blue light from the computer screens painted his face. He had papers spread everywhere, vials lined up like soldiers, and that quiet focus he always wore when no one was watching.I shut the door soft behind me. He still jumped.“Raven.” His voice cracked on my name. He stood up fast, knocking over a stool. “You should not be here.”“I needed to see you,” I said. My stomach was already in knots. Dante’s bite mark throbbed under my hoodie. Luca’s taste still lingered on my tongue. Ethan’s kiss from the woods kept flashing behind my eyes. And Eli… Eli had been watching me differently lately. Carefully, maybe guilty. He rubbed the back of his neck. His sandy hair stuck up like he had been pulling at it for hours.“I was going to find you tomorrow,” he said. “I swear.”“Find me for what?”He looked at the floor. Then at the computer. Then finally at me.“Sit down,” he s
Raven’s POV The gym smelled of rubber mats and rage.Dante had been slamming the heavy bag for forty minutes straight. His knuckles were raw even through the wraps. Every punch landed with a crack that echoed off the walls. He was shirtless, sweat running down the tattoos on his back, muscles jumping every time he threw his weight into another hit.I watched from the doorway, arms crossed, heart already racing. I knew this mood. His wolf was riding him hard. The closer the Blood Moon got, the worse it became.He saw me in the mirror and did not stop. He just hit harder.I walked in and shut the door behind me. The click made him pause for half a second.“Leave,” he said without turning around.“No.”He spun then, chest heaving, eyes black. “Raven, I am not in the mood for games.”“Good. Neither am I.” I stepped closer. “You have been following me around like a bodyguard for four days. You sleep outside my dorm. You growl at anyone who gets within ten feet. I am sick of it.”His l







