LOGINKade walked up to her. He didn’t sit. He got the sense that she didn’t want that. Instead, he just let her stare at Ivy. Then down at her hands. Then at Ivy again.“It’s not your fault,” he said after a long moment.Elena didn’t answer. She just blinked, then looked back out over the swamp.Just the
Kade’s POVThe shack was quiet except for Nellie, who was making a small, whimpering sound from her chair. Kade looked at her once, then looked away.Wordlessly, Elena crossed the room and dropped to her knees beside Lana. She gathered her up, both arms pulling her close, and rocked her friend back
Tyler took another step. Small, careful. He was close now, close enough. I saw his weight shift forward onto the balls of his feet, his whole body coiling, ready to spring.Serena saw it too.It happened too fast. Tyler lunged. Serena’s arm moved. Lana made a sound that I will never be able to forge
Elena’s POVThe whole room went still.Lana stood in the center of the shack with her chin lifted and her eyes wide, and Serena stood behind her with one arm hooked around her collarbone and the other pressing a knife flat against her throat.My knife.Nobody moved. Nobody spoke. The only sound was
Kade looked up at me. I shook my head, not sure what to say other than, “We’ll figure it out when we get home.”Tyler looked around. “Lana isn’t here?” he asked.I whirled toward him. “What do you mean? I thought she was with you.”Tyler just shook his head slowly.I cursed under my breath.“We’ll f
Elena’s POVMy head pounded even worse than before when I finally woke again. It wasn’t just the back of my skull that ached with a dull throb, but now also my chin felt like I’d taken a boot to the underside of it.Which I had.I tasted copper in my mouth, and when I pushed my tongue against my low
Elena’s POV“So it’s you who I was searching for all along…”I stared at Kade for a long moment, not sure now to react to that statement.He had been… looking for me?I couldn’t tell if he meant Samantha—the girl I hadn’t been in more than seven years—or the healer that the rogues called “Silver One
Kade’s POV“Nightshade pack.” Kade scrubbed his hands over his face. “I haven’t set foot there in years.”“My agents say that the healer was spotted driving that way, Sir,” Ajax said. “Since the young Alpha’s ceremony is in a few days, it’s likely that the renowned healer was invited.”Kade furrowed
“Sorry, folks!” my father’s Beta’s voice called out. “Everyone stay put while we get the lights back on!”The crowd stayed still while they waited. However, I knew the room like the back of my hand, even in the dark. I took this as an opportunity to slip away unnoticed, so I began carefully picking
Granny eventually began to nod off, and I knew it was time to let her rest. I stood quietly, trying not to wake her, but she reached out and caught my wrist.“I want to say how proud I am of you,” she whispered, those cloudy eyes piercing into me just like they used to before the cataracts. “No long







