LOGINWhoever lived here was gone at the moment, but they could come back anytime. We decided to keep one person on the lookout, prepared to call out if anyone showed up. That person wound up being Lana.Tyler, Kade and I laid Nellie out on the table, propping a small, somewhat foul-smelling pillow from t
Elena’s POVKade crouched down, letting Nellie climb onto his back with Tyler’s help. He hooked his arms under her knees and stood, and we kept moving.Nobody talked much, other than Nellie, who quietly pointed Kade in the right direction. The forest was too thick and too dark for idle conversation,
Kade got to work without question.As I worked, carefully packing the white paste into the puncture wounds all around Nellie’s leg, Tyler looked at me. A moment later, his voice slipped into my mind.“Why don’t you just use your power to heal her?”My jaw tightened. “I can’t.”“What? Why?”I glanced
Elena’s POV“Oh, Elena! Elena, please, you have to help me!” Tears streamed down Nellie’s face, and she clutched her leg, which was still gushing blood. “Please! I’ll explain later!”I looked at my companions, whose looks of confusion mirrored my own. I hadn’t seen Nellie in ages, and especially not
Next, it was my turn. The shift took a moment longer than it should have, even though tonight was the full moon. I frowned, digging deeper for my wolf’s power. Finally, the shift happened, but it was slow and uncomfortable.“Ava?” I asked.“Must be the new body.”“You’re sure that’s all?”“Yeah…”Ka
Elena’s POVI woke the next morning to a throb in my head that was definitely well-deserved. The fire had burnt down to embers overnight, leaving behind little more than a thin tendril of smoke that curled up into the morning air. Everything smelled like ash and moonshine, and I groaned, rolling ont
Elena’s POV“Samson! Father!” I pounded frantically on the door despite the late hour, tears streaming down my face in torrents. “We need to talk! Please!”I heard a grunt and shuffling inside the room. The door swung open a few moments later, revealing Samson standing there in his robe, his hair di
“She’s not dead,” Serena hissed, poking her finger into the center of Nellie’s chest. “You were supposed to make sure she was dead. What the fuck happened?”Nellie’s throat bobbed. “I-I don’t know! She was dead when I left her—”“Don’t fucking lie to me.” Serena leaned close to Nellie, partially ext
Elena’s POVThe world was dark again for a little while.I came to on an infirmary bed for the second time that day. It was becoming a little too close to a routine for me, it seemed—blacking out, only to wake up in agony in a hospital cot, blinking up at the bright lights on the ceiling of the infi
“Let’s do it, then.” Samson looked at me. “If you consent to it, of course.”I paused, my throat too tight to speak. All my life, I had assumed my biological father was nothing more than a deadbeat—that he had abandoned my mother, leaving her pregnant and alone, and that he wasn’t worth knowing.But







