FAZER LOGINMy wolf came back like a dam had burst.It was sudden and all-consuming, almost painful in its intensity. My nerve endings lit on fire. A bond I’d forgotten for too long suddenly snapped into place like a live wire pulling taut. I looked up, and an animal howled in my mind.Mate.My Lord let out a d
Andrei’s POVThe ring was too small for every finger except my pinky.I couldn’t move. Couldn’t think. Her hands were still wrapped around mine, and she was saying something. Not out loud, but somewhere deep and resonant. Inside of me, where my Lord’s voice dwelled, came hers. Soft and sweet and so
I still knew every word.“Mom.” Max’s hand tightened on my arm. “Drop it. Look at me.”I looked at him.He had dirt on his face and his lip was split and his eyes were wide and scared and absolutely certain, all at once. He looked eleven years old and he looked forty, and I loved him so much in that
Natalia’s POVI fought like hell.My arm shook from the strength it took not to let that blade drive down toward Andrei’s chest. Max’s screams faded into the distance. The knife hovered six inches above Andrei’s chest, getting closer with each second.I had both hands wrapped around the handle now,
Natalia’s POVIt all happened so fast—a flash of movement at the edge of the platform, a small hooded figure vaulting up the steps, and then the knife coming down in a quick, hard arc that made the blade catch the red light overhead.Andrei threw himself sideways just before the knife collided with
I straightened up. My heart was pounding. I looked around the room and for a single, disorienting moment, I had no idea where I was. The black stone walls, the red sky beyond the window, the dead air of this place—none of it felt right. None of it felt like mine. I felt like a man who had woken up m
Natalia’s POVI must have sat outside Andrei’s office for hours. I sat there, without moving, until my back ached from leaning against the door and my legs had gone numb from sitting in the same position for so long. But I refused to move.The sun was starting to set when I finally heard movement on
It was Natalia. She was sitting at a table in what looked like a cafe. And across from her was Isaac—the male I’d tried to kill at the festival. The one who’d clearly had other intentions, or so it seemed when my mind was clouded by… whatever was happening to me.“Clearly, she’s moved on rather quic
Andrei’s POVThe psychologist’s office was in a quiet part of Ashmoor, tucked between a bookshop and a tailor. I stood outside for a full five minutes before I could make myself go in.This was stupid. I didn’t need therapy. I just needed to get my shit together and move on. But Natalia had asked me
“Look at her,” I said quietly. “Really look at your daughter. You barely have since we came back.”His jaw ticked, but he forced himself to look at her sleeping form. At her soft, pudgy baby face. At her tiny fists. And something in his expression cracked. He reached out with one hand and gently tou







