MasukBut then Melissa turned down a narrow path between two large, moss-covered boulders, and suddenly, out of nowhere, I didn’t recognize the forest at all.It was strange. Mere yards from here, I knew the forest well enough to traverse it with my eyes closed. Now, all of a sudden, it was like I’d never
Avery’s POVI woke with the sheets stuck to my back and my heart slamming against my ribs.The room was still dark. Gideon was asleep beside me. It was just a dream.And yet…I knew it wasn’t.I knew these dreams. The prophetic ones, packed with symbolism that sometimes took years to untangle. But t
“You’re still wearing it.”I stopped. “Wearing what?”“The necklace.”My free hand went to my throat. The crescent was sitting right there in the hollow of it, warm against my skin. I’d left it on my nightstand that morning. I was sure of it. Or… Almost sure.“Don’t take it off,” Sebastian murmured.
Avery’s POV“Sebastian?”At the sound of my voice, Sebastian twisted around so fast he nearly fell off the log.His eyes were wide and bloodshot, darting from my face to the trees behind me and back again, and his chest was heaving. Blond stubble covered his jaw, several days old at least. His hair,
He scratched his head. “It’s, uh… Sebastian is out right now, if you were looking for him.”“Where is he?” I asked.Colt’s jaw moved slightly. “Forest.”“I figured. Melissa told me he’s been spending his days out there, but Goddess, I didn’t think it was this bad.” I looked at him for a moment. “How
Avery’s POVThe greenhouse was warm and quiet and full of everything I needed to be productive, and yet, for some reason that morning, I couldn’t seem to concentrate to save my life. I kept losing focus, messing up my calculations and even overwatering a plant to the point of nearly killing it as my
Avery’s POVDierdra sprawled across the floor like a rag doll. She wasn’t moving. “What have you done?” Gideon snarled, leaping across the space towards his ‘mate’. Had I killed her? She looked so limp and broken where she lay. I couldn’t believe that I could have done such a thing, even with my w
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 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







