LOGINELISE’S POVYEARS LATER.The sun was warm that morning. The golden light filled the gardens. For the first time in a long time, I felt like I could just sit and breathe without fear sitting heavy in my chest. The air smelled sweet, full of roses, and the world felt gentle again.I sat under the will
Elise’s POVThe world stopped spinning the moment I saw it.The devourer.The thing Gina had called forth twisted behind her in a storm of shadows. Its form shifted into many forms. It was almost too terrible for the eyes to follow. It looked like smoke given flesh, like nightmares sculpted into bei
I swallowed hard. My tears blurred my vision.“Gina,” I whispered “This ends tonight. You and me.”The fight exploded in an instant.The courtyard shook beneath my feet as Gina and I circled each other.Gina tilted her head. Lyra whimpered in her arms. Every time my daughter screamed, the earth spli
ELISE’S POVJackson’s body was warm in my arms, but the life had already drained from his eyes. His lips were parted slightly, as if he still wanted to say something—something he hadn’t gotten the chance to tell me. My throat burned as I swallowed hard. Tears rolled down my eyes.Gina laughed loudly
ELISE’S POVI ran out of the battle field. I let my wolf guide me to Gina’s location. I could already perceive her scent in the air. But then I heard it.The scream.“Help! Someone—please!”My blood ran cold. That voice… it was my mother’s.I didn’t even think. My feet carried me , tracing her voice
ELISE’S POVThe sky darkened, swallowing every trace of sunlight. The eclipse had come.I stood at the window, staring at the darkness in the heavens. My heart was pounding so loud it drowned out the silence. The shadows crawled across the walls of the castle. The air was heavy with dread, and deep
ELISE'S POV I leaned against the stone walls of the cell, sliding down till I got to the floor. I pulled my knees up to my chest as I sat on the hard floor, lost in the endless loop of my own thoughts. It was hard to breathe, hard to focus on anything other than the fear pulling at me. But it wasn
ELISE'S POV Sophie paced up and down the room, her eyes wide with worry. “This is a terrible idea, Elise. Alexandra—she’s a monster. You know that, right? She's been training for years, decades! There’s no way you can win against her, not in a fair fight. She’s too strong, too fast, too—” “Sophi
ELISE'S POV I didn’t expect the sentence, but I understood it. Ferris had to punish me. He was the Alpha, after all, and keeping the peace in the pack was his responsibility, even when it hurt him to do so. But that didn’t make it any easier to swallow. When his eyes locked on mine during the sen
The fight raged on around us, but we were gaining ground. I could see the rogues starting to falter, their attacks growing more desperate. They hadn’t expected us to be ready for them. That was their mistake. “Push them back!” I shouted, my voice hoarse from the effort. “Don’t let them through!” T







