เข้าสู่ระบบKade 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
Serena’s POV“Grandma!”The moment they stepped out of the car, Ivy threw her arms wide and took off running toward the front door, practically bowling Margaret over in her excitement. Margaret grinned and scooped the little girl up, peppering kisses all over her face.“Hello, little one. Did you mi
Elena’s POVMy wolf growled low, hackles rising in preparation for the worst. Without Kade here, I expected a fight. I expected Serena to attack me with another poison-tipped knife, just as she had seven years ago, in an attempt to silence me once and for all.At the very least, I expected Serena to
Elena’s POVAlpha Mason of Embergrove pack.I realized now, with a start, that I had seen him before—in Alpha Weekly, a cheap magazine I’d picked up once on the road when I needed something to read while I ate my cheap to-go dinner.At the time, I hadn’t paid much attention, but I recalled now that
Elena’s POV“You were cruel to her.”“I wasn’t cruel.”“You pushed her away.”“Gently.”“It was a push nonetheless.”Sighing, I sat up and turned to look at Ava’s spectral form. She lay curled up in the forest clearing, calm as usual, but her eyes were piercing as she looked at me.She was disappoin







