Mag-log inSebastian’s POVI was sleeping, dreamless, floating in a dark void. All I heard was Avery’s voice, that sound of betrayal on her tongue, the final words she might ever speak to me echoing in the darkness.“Go fuck yourself, Sebastian.”Cold and final and full of hurt.The hurt I had inflicted on her
“I trusted you,” I said, turning away. “I gave you the benefit of the doubt after everything that happened because I thought you were still the man I cared for, who cared for me and my son when we needed you the most. But as it turns out, you’re just as conniving and manipulative as I thought. All t
Avery’s POVBy the time I made it to Evergreen, my anger had turned from a small bud of confusion and hurt to an enormous, blooming corpse flower that blotted out everything, filling the car with its vile stench.The same tired young guard lifted his hand, waving, a confused expression on his face a
I didn’t recall putting it on. But I also didn’t recall taking it off since the pond.I didn’t recall much of anything right now.My mother leaned in, studying the pendant again with the same expression she had the first day she’d seen it. Her eyebrows shot up, and she suddenly straightened as if re
Avery’s POVI must have stood in the hot shower, desperately trying to get the spray to soothe the shivering in my bones, for a full half hour before I realized that the way I was shaking had nothing to do with the cold.Gideon was waiting outside the bathroom door when I finally gave up on the show
I kept walking, pulling my jacket tighter around myself to ward off the chill. Avery’s scent grew thinner with every step, the forest swallowing it almost as fast as I could find it. I had just begun to lose it, wondering if I had gone in the wrong direction after all, when I heard the sound of a sp
Avery’s POVAfter Jessica’s unpleasant visit, I felt as though even my long-shot hope had been decimated. I had written the letter as she requested, though it pained me to have to write my false testament to her character. It wasn’t all lies. I had no doubt that ruthlessness, pride, tenacity, and a
Avery’s POVGideon emerged from the bathroom, and you could hear a pin drop. He paused in the middle of drying his hair with a towel, and glared around the room at the assembled three of us; myself, Zara, and Dierdra. Gideon looked with bemusement at the group of Alphas and Lunas that were now sta
Avery’s POVThe fever finally left my body but it took the last of my strength with it. I was weak as a kitten and spent much of the next few days sleeping deeply, only rousing myself to drink water and use the bathroom. My friends, Ian, Madelyn, and Melody, came to visit in those first few days. T
Avery’s POVFor the next few days, I kept up my training with Ian, but neither Jessica nor Gideon attended. Instead, Ian’s sister Melody offered to be my same-size training partner. With their help, I continued to work on my strength and stamina. I did receive a note from Gideon’s Beta, Tegan, info







