LOGINIt would have broken Bria’s heart to see how much all of us were suffering. To discover that our own parents had betrayed everyone by spying for her murderers, that her former mate had enslaved her big sister, and that our pack had nearly stoned me to death would have hurt her so badly that I found
Michaela The twilit world awaiting that night’s full moon felt strange and dreamlike. Maybe it was the surrealism that always came from a long-awaited event. The memorial ceremony for my sister had been planned for so long, and warped so many lives around it – especially mine. The ritualism of the
Andreas I let Michaela sleep in that morning, curled up on what had already become her side of the bed. Before I left, I indulged myself for a moment and tucked a fallen lock of hair behind her ear. She sighed in her sleep. “Rest, Mica,” I whispered. “I’ll see you tonight after the ceremony.” She
She took a deep, shaky breath, sitting up to face me. “Andreas, whatever you think of me, do you… Do you really still believe that I would have had any part in her death?” I sank back onto the bed, feeling something deep and dark turning over inside of me. I tried very, very hard not to remember M
Andreas I’d expected to spend the last few days before the memorial ceremony miserable, lonely, and exhausted by the preparations. Instead, I was only exhausted – but for very different reasons than I’d imagined. Michaela had come back to me. She still wanted me, even if things weren’t resolved be
Michaela There were only a few days left till the full moon. Till my lost sister’s long-awaited memorial ceremony. Isolated in the herb garden, I only managed to overhear small scraps of news about the preparations. The metal ores I’d suffered so much to mine had been melted into a beautiful statu
Michaela They didn’t even bother to beat me. They knew as well as I did that this time, I had no way out. Now, when Andreas’s subordinates swarmed around me to bind my arms and legs, they used proper steel cable, impossible to gnaw through and too hefty to break. Andreas just watched with that smu
I was sure that begging for my life wouldn’t save me. The question had been contemptuous and cold – nothing more than a way to humiliate the weakness of his captured prey. He loathed me too much to let me go.But I didn’t know if Gabriel was safe yet. My son still needed me. Shame for showing weakne
Panic pulsed through my nerves like an electric shock. Andreas, standing in front of me across the dark alleyway, was my nightmare come to life.The only thing that kept me from screaming was the undercurrent of my panic: a feeling of utter confusion and disbelief.My wolf had recognised Andreas as
That’s the least of the pain she’s caused me, he’d said.Remembering those words made my heart plummet.All those years, I’d crushed my own feelings to spare him and Bria. All those years, I’d devoted my time and effort to supporting Andreas as my Alpha and best friend. Years of humble sacrifices, o







