登入“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 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
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 minute the silver arrowhead pulled from the wolf’s flesh in the careful grip of my pliers, Gideon shifted. Fur and bone wavered in the nauseating, disconcerting fisheye lens of transformation, and then Gideon was crouched on the forest floor beside me.“Avery.” He said.He might have







