LOGINAvery’s POVFor the first morning in what felt like ages, I woke up in Gideon’s arms with nothing around my throat.My hand was at my neck before my eyes were fully open, and when my fingers found nothing but the fading welt and my own skin, I let out a breath and sank back into the pillows. No pend
Sebastian’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
Avery’s POVI awoke slowly, like swimming up through deep water.There was a strange, metallic taste in my mouth, and my head pounded. I was laying on a hard surface. Dirt, perhaps? My limbs felt far-away and heavy. They didn’t respond to my attempts to move.All I could do was lay here.Weariness
I closed the door on her stunned, heartbroken face.It felt good.I went back to my desk.A minute later, the door opened again. I couldn’t believe Jessica’s tenacity, and was about to snap her head off when I saw it was Tegan, my Beta. He came over and handed me a large creamy envelope.“An invitat
Avery’s POVThe hunger pains had gotten worse.“You need to eat,” my wolf whined. “If not for yourself, then for the baby…”I clenched my jaw and rolled over on my bed, shivering beneath the pile of furs. “There won’t be a baby to worry about if he forces me to abort it.”My wolf whimpered in respon
“It’s sad when one of our best Alphas succumbs to weakness,” Reynaud feigned tragedy, frowning as he stared at Gideon across the floor, “and I wish I could say that I hadn’t seen this coming, but sadly, the signs have been all too clear.” Now Reynaud spun to address the crowd who had begun to murmu







