LOGIN“Hey,” Callen says, moving in fast, one hand wrapping around her arm. “Easy.”“I’m fine,” Paige brushes it off quickly, but her voice isn’t as steady as it was a second ago.Ryder’s already there on her other side, his hand settling at her back without hesitation.“You’re not fine,” he says, calm bu
** Leo’s POV **Something else is off. I feel it the second Paige touches her. It’s not obvious. Probably not even something anyone else would notice. To anyone watching, it looks normal. Two sisters hugging. But through the bond, there’s a jolt. Like two currents brushing the wrong way.My shoulder
We step out into the corridor together, heading towards the room we’d seen him go into. “Hey,” I call as we spot Jake’s assistant leaving the room opposite. “Have you seen Jake?”She looks up, relief flickering across her face as if she’s glad it’s not another emergency.“Yeah,” she says. “He stepp
**Poppy’s POV **After the tree of death tried to kill me, we head back into the clinic for breakfast. Jake leaves to check on his patients, promising to catch up with us soon. I want to tell him no, that I need him with me, but that will only worry him and Leo. I feel fine; the chill I had last ni
His mouth twitches slightly, but he doesn’t quite smile.“Good,” he says.Good? I stare at him.“That’s not an answer.”“No,” he agrees. “It isn’t, but you also didn’t ask a question.”My hands clench at my sides, which is more Leo’s style than mine. I force them to relax.“Ronnie…”“When something
** Jake’s POV **That baby should have died. The thought swirls in my mind, no matter how many times I try to push it aside. I’ve seen enough births to know the difference between a close call and a miracle. That wasn’t a close call; it was impossible.I stand at the end of the bed, watching as the
I rub a hand over my jaw, still watching the enforcers. “All right. But make it quick. These guys aren’t stable. They’re twitchy, and I don’t know if it’s shock or something worse.”“When you say twitchy,” Callen says slowly, “are we talking nervously, twitchy, or full-on 'I’m going to eat your brai
“We don’t let them push us out,” I say, meeting her eyes fully. “Not again, not this easily. If we leave for too long, the pack will be too scared to return. Fear spreads fast, and once it sets in? It rots everything… trust, unity, the instinct to fight back.”Her lips part as if she wants to protes
Ryder blinks. “What?”Ronnie shrugs. “If what I think I translated from that ancient book is right, she pulls power faster under sunlight and moonlight. Get her to a window, doorway, anything. Let me test a theory.”Leo snorts. “So you want me to lure her to the window and put her on charge?”Ronnie
** Remy’s POV **My chest goes tight. “No,” I whisper.Nina’s standing in the centre of them like she belongs there, her once-pristine doctor’s coat shredded and smeared with dirt, her expression is as blank as the rest.Leo exhales. “Is that…”“Yeah,” I nod. “That’s Nina.”For a long second, no one







