Mag-log inKade 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
Nothing had worked. The medicine stopped working years ago. The best healers couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her. No amount of therapy seemed to pierce the haze that had clouded her mind.To Debbie, she was constantly being raped over and over again, constantly reliving that night of horror,
Kade’s POVIt was the day before Kade’s wedding. The pack was bustling with preparations, the sun was bright and melting the snow on the ground, the birds were chirping, but Kade felt… absent. Like he wasn’t present, not really—more a mere observer of the life of another man.Any normal groom would
Kade’s POV“I’ll have no choice but to pull out of this trade agreement if we can’t come to a compromise, Alpha Atwood. I’m sorry, but I have to look out for my people, too.”Kade crossed his ankle over his knee beneath the table, leaning forward on his elbows. Across the table, the opposing Alpha g
I dropped my bag and rushed forward, throwing myself into my brother’s arms.“Tyler,” I murmured into his chest, “I missed you.”He rested his chin on top of my head. “I missed you too, sister.”We held each other for a long moment, just savoring each other’s comfort.“Alright, alright. That’s enoug







