Mag-log inBefore she disappeared, I called out, “How do you know?” Melissa didn’t stop walking. She didn’t even turn. She just said over her shoulder, “The trees tell me things.” I blinked a few times, certain I had misheard. Before I could ask what she meant by that, she was gone, disappearing around the b
Avery’s POV “Go figure.” I stormed over to the gift bag and picked it up, glancing inside one last time. Shaking my head, I turned to the nurse who had been working with me before. “Is there a place I can donate this?” I asked, holding the bag up. “Maybe the kids in the clinic would like to play w
“I was just passing through.” He was holding something in his hands. A bag, I realized. From a kids’ store. I recognized the logo immediately.“What’s that?” I asked.He held the bag out. “See for yourself.”I didn’t take the bag right away. Colt took it instead, obviously to Gideon’s chagrin, who c
Avery’s POVThe boy was young, no older than Bjorn. He was small for his age, with sandy blond hair that had clearly once been full and shiny, but was now dull and thin and falling out, leaving behind bald patches on his scalp.I sat beside his bed, gently holding his tiny hand and rubbing soothing
Gideon’s POVI felt like a coward as I watched Avery just… walk away. Get into that car with another man and that child that I was pretty certain was my own. And leave.Fiona was standing beside me, tugging on my arm and saying something, but I couldn’t hear whatever it was over the sound of my wolf
Avery’s POVBjorn’s expulsion letter stared at me from across the table. The big red letters at the top were clear: “EXPELLED FOR VIOLENT MISCONDUCT.”The table fell silent. Even Bjorn, who had previously been chattering away to Gideon about something, went quiet. I could feel him shifting in his ch
Avery’s POVDierdra stomped across the room towards us as Gideon stepped back from me guiltily. I could see her eyes measuring the distance between us, my state of undress, Gideon’s body language. She was doing the math. “What are you doing?” she sneered at me, “Gideon has a pack to run, he doesn’t
Avery’s POV“Avery is just my Luna. I do not love her.” Gideon’s words followed me down the hallway as I fled. I couldn’t stand to be in that ballroom any longer! For a while I focused only on putting distance between myself and Gideon. His words had cut me to the quick. If he was who had shared
Avery’s POVThe tug of Gideon’s arm around me, his hand on my waist, tethered me to him as he drew me out of danger and spun me into the dance seamlessly. And just like that, it felt like the pressure that had been building up within me released. The danger I had felt on all sides fell away, and my
Avery’s POVThe entourage of cars entered the dark forest after we had been traveling for several hours the next day. The shadows beneath the tall pines were deep and gloomy. I stared into the murky depths of the woods and thought we must be drawing close to Nightwolf Village. Gideon and Dierdra ha







