FAZER 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
“I thought you were going to present a challenge,” I scoffed, hoping to goad her into doing something stupid. Jessica growled, wiping stray hairs away from where they were stuck to her sweaty forehead. “Water break,” she complained, and one of her friends ran over with a water bottle. Ian brought
Avery’s POV“Enough.” Gideon growled, and the training grounds fell silent, “Get off of her.” Unable to disobey a direct order from his Alpha, Ian released me and stood to his feet, offering me a hand to rise as well. “Alpha,” he bowed his head in respect. Gideon’s eyes flicked between us as we b
Avery’s POVThe next day I dressed carefully and left the pack house before the sun rose once more. A low fog hung over the village, making the air damp and heavy. I breathed deeply and took off at a jog, letting the movement and my steady pace warm my muscles and waken my mind. I had put my new p
Gideon’s POVI sipped my coffee in the pack hall late that night and waited for Tegan’s report on my missing Luna. Even this late, there were always wolves coming and going on pack business. I was surrounded by bustle and yet it couldn’t match the turmoil I felt inside.Avery and Dierdra both had de







