I looked down at my hands, trying to find my footing in all of this. The truth was, I didn’t know how to make sense of what I felt. I didn’t know if this was instinct or fate or some cruel trick of the universe. But I knew I wanted him in my life, too. And maybe, just maybe, I didn’t have to choose
NeilI inhaled slowly, holding back the sting behind my eyes. She was mine. Or could have been, in another world where fate didn’t play dice. I couldn't ask her outright. She hadn't awakened her wolf. I could feel it. She was near it, and a part of me didn't want the confirmation. I looked down at o
It would be so… easy. She's not even trained."No." The word came low, guttural. Final.I wasn’t my grandfather.I wasn’t the man who bent people to his will and called it strength. I wasn't a criminal rotting away in magical lockdown, with the same eyes I looked into every morning in the mirror.My
ReneeI swallowed hard.And suddenly, everything I’d been holding at arm’s length, all my feeling seemed to melt and swell, warm and burn in my chest. The way Dominic made my heart ache, the mark, the kiss on the beach-- it all came rushing forward.Before I could think, I answered.“Yes,” I said qu
“I’m not here to cause problems,” he went on. “I’m not here to stir up old shit or beg for a title that was never going to be mine. I know you don’t want me here.”He wasn’t wrong. “Then why come?”“I’m looking for someone,” he said, fingers tapping against his mug. “Once I find her, I’m gone.”Her.
DominicI’d barely stepped outside when my phone buzzed again. I didn't bother to check the number and answered.“Alpha Brightclaw,” a clipped voice came through. “Andrew has crossed into Brightclaw’s borders.”I stiffened. “Where is he?”“He checked into the Phoenix Gate Hotel under his own name.”