LOGIN“You’re a—” I couldn’t finish it.“A spider. Say it. It won’t bother me.” She tilted her head, a gesture so utterly mine that my stomach churned at the sight. “I wasn’t always a spider, though. Once, I was the most beautiful woman in the packs, and I knew it, and I made sure everyone else knew it to
Avery’s POVThe cold seeped up through my back, through my shoulders, through the backs of my legs, soaking into me until I felt it deep in my bones. I shivered, and something shivered with me. Something that tugged at my wrists and ankles, like rope, but stickier.I opened my eyes, and as my vision
Avery’s POV“Colt!”My voice was swallowed instantly by the noise of the party. The toast had broken up into scattered conversations and clinking glasses, and everyone was up and moving again, drifting between the tables with drinks in hand.I shoved my way into the crowd, mumbling apologies as I we
Avery’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 POVAnd then he was gone. The one person I thought might be able to intervene, who might have been able to throw me a lifeline, instead turned and walked out my bedroom door. He held all the cards, and instead of playing the hand that could have saved me, he had done the equivalent of polit
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
“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







