Se connecterThat was what woke up in her childhood bedroom. Not the meek little shadow who used to follow my every move, but someone who had been forged in a life where I helped break her.But there was one thing I couldn’t stop thinking about.Could I have done it?I made myself ask the question honestly, beca
Dominic’s POVThe cold hit the side of my face the moment I stepped out of the clinic, and for once, I was glad for it.I walked without picking a direction. I made my way down the narrow street, past the shuttered shops with their windows dark, my loafers sliding on the icy ground. Ellie had been r
Ellie’s POV“Reborn.”Dominic repeated the word slowly, like he was tasting it on the tip of his tongue. I saw his lips tug upwards as if he thought I was teasing him or joking.I wasn’t. I held his gaze, keeping mine firm and steady, and slowly, his smile faded.“Like… the Lycan princess?” he asked
Ellie’s POVThe words hung in the air between us, and I immediately wished I could snatch them back.I don’t want you to leave.Like I was some kind of lovesick teenager, begging him to stay even though our divorce papers had still barely cooled off the printing press.Dominic froze near the door. T
Ellie’s POVThe ruins looked even more grand close up.The pillars were far larger than I expected them to be; from afar, they looked big, but up close, they were enormous. Two of us couldn’t even reach around them and have our hands touch, and they were carved with intricate reliefs that had worn d
Because we’d already been through this before. We knew how it ended. But this time, he wasn’t going to stand in the way of what I wanted, even if it hurt, and…I appreciated that.“Thank you,” I said.He nodded. I hadn’t realized it, but we’d scooched a little closer as we spoke, and the motion made
Dominic POV The thing about Marcus and Jake is that they don’t know how to take no for an answer.Or maybe they do, they just choose violence instead.“Come on, man,” Jake groaned, slinging an arm across my shoulders. “You’ve been brooding for, like, days. It’s depressing. Even for you.”“I’m not b
Ellie POV If I couldn’t study at home, I would study at the one plce my mind couldn't wonder.The library.But after another full day of reading, I had reached the point of delirium where the words on my page no longer behaved like words. Again.My notes looked like a crime scene. My handwriting, w
Ellie POV I didn’t realize Sarah was serious about “getting fresh air” until she dragged me past the school gates.“Keep walking,” she ordered, tugging my sleeve like an overexcited wolf pup.“This feels illegal,” I muttered as we crossed into the outer woods. “And vaguely cultish.”“It’s a walk, E
She brought up class, the usual things until it got a bit awkward. Quiet. And I figure it was as good as time as ever to apologize.I cleared my throat. “Viv, about the Alpha Ball—”She lifted a hand, silencing me with a gentle motion.“You know Dom,” she murmured, “My mom, my real mom—before she di







