Mag-log in“Don’t you think,” I said carefully, “that at this point it might be simpler to just—”“Clearly, she’s being influenced by him,” Dominic cut me off. He crossed to his desk and began shuffling around papers. “Lucas has had his hooks in her for a long time, and she’s not going to snap out of it on her
Vivian’s POVI was done waiting.I had decided this morning. I had been patient. I had been strategic. I had played the long game and smiled through every single slight and setback, and what did I have to show for it?Ellie was still here. Still wearing the title that was supposed to be mine. Still
Empty. Just a couple racks of clothes and the faint scent of mothballs.Dominic stood there for a moment, staring into the empty space. I could only see the partial outline of his jaw from this angle, but I could see it tense. His hand fell to his side, and I could nearly scent the moment he realize
Ellie’s POVI woke up before my alarm went off the next morning.That wasn’t terribly unusual anymore. A good night’s sleep felt like a distant memory at this point; my mind was always racing too much for proper dreams to fill the space. This morning was no different. I laid there for a moment stari
“I’ll handle the plague,” he said. “We’ll get a plan in order. Root out the people who are sick and quarantine them before it spreads. I’ll talk to my healers about developing a vaccine.”I let out a breath. “You’d do that?”“You just told me children die, Ellie. So yes, of fucking course I would do
Ellie’s POV“That’s it,” I finished. The words had all come out in a rush, and I felt breathless and lightheaded. “I woke up in my eighteen-year-old bedroom, and my mom was still alive, and my wolf said the Moon Goddess gave us another chance. And now here I am.”Lucas didn’t say anything for a long
Ellie POVThe cafeteria was too loud for what we were doing.Trays clattered. Chairs scraped. Laughter burst and faded in uneven waves, the normal chaos of lunchtime pressing in from all sides. And yet, sitting across from Abigail, it felt like we were alone inside a glass box, everything else muffl
Ellie POV Getting two future Alphas into a medical bed should qualify as an Olympic sport.Because at the moment, the teachers are wrestling them to the ground, then, as humans into beds, and the next. The are still arguing.This had…luckly calmed down, the hospital room luckly all ready considerin
Ellie POV Idiot.Gods, I was an idiot.One moment I was frozen in place, listening to Karina’s voice echoing like poison through my skull, and the next I was stumbling backward, vision blurring at the edges, breath coming in uneven, shaky bursts that felt too loud in the quiet hall.I had survived
Dominic POVEllie reached the stage with the professor and instead of stopping where she was supposed to, instead of waiting for the applause that never came, she reached out and took the microphone from the professor’s hand.A ripple of confusion ran through the hall.My pulse spiked.“I passed,” s







