LOGIN“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’s POVSneaking out of my own house wasn’t something I thought I would ever have to do again after the ripe age of sixteen. Those days should have been long behind me, right along with high school crushes and underaged drinking in the woods.But now here I was. Putting on dark clothes, waiting
I put my bag back on my shoulder and went to the academy.I sat through two classes without retaining a single word of either of them, turning the same thought over in my head: Dominic was walking into something he had no idea was coming, and he refused to hear me, and the pack was going to pay for
Ellie’s POVThe moment I saw her standing there, I turned to leave. Of course, Vivian’s heels clicked against the floor as she fell into step behind me.“Hello, sister. Can we talk?” she asked.“I’m busy, Vivian.”“I just want to talk.”“And I just said I’m busy.” I pushed through the door at the en
Ellie’s POVDominic’s eyes landed on me like two knives slicing across the space between us. He made no effort to hide the disdain he harbored for me in that gaze. I supposed I made little effort on my end, either.He walked up to us. Looked between me and Ryan with that familiar glint of jealousy i
Dominic POV I felt bad as soon as I said it. I had shut Vivian down. Hard.Even though she had come after me. And my friends were just trying to cheer me up. My hand slid down my face.“Sorry,” I offered. “I appreciate you guys. I just—”Marcus’s hand dropped on my shoulder, already smiling again.
Vivian POVDominic and I sat together at one of the long benches outside the training hall, sunlight flickering through the trees overhead, scattering gold across his hair like the world was doing me a personal favor. Normally, this was our spot. Where he’d sit with his friends flanking him, all of
Ellie POV The library was so quiet I could hear my own pulse.I snapped my book shut and exhaled, rubbing the bridge of my nose. My brain felt like it had been wrung out, but at least I’d managed to cram another hour of studying in before the Healer Academy’s entrance exam.One more week.One more
Dominic.And he looks… awful. Exhausted in a way that doesn’t fit him at all. His hair is tousled like he’d been dragging his hands through it, and for once, he isn’t holding court like the center of the universe.Marcus and Tyler just walking up, waving an uneasy hello. My feet move back instinc







