LOGINLucas’s brows lifted. “Did you notify the guards?”“I can’t,” I said.Lucas stared at me. I sighed. “Look, I can’t explain the whole thing.” I held his gaze. “I just need you to trust me on that part.”A moment passed, but finally, he nodded once.I pulled the fabric out of my pocket and held it out
Ellie’s POV“I’m fine,” I said. “Really.”“Ellie.” He hadn't let go of my arm yet. “You passed out. You were unconscious on the ground for almost two minutes.”Only two minutes? That came as a surprise, because it felt like I had completely relived my past life in that amount of time.“And now you’r
Ellie’s POVThe assassin was here.And the world tilted around me as my heart slammed too wildly against my ribs for my head to keep up.He was here. He was back. It was all happening again, just with slightly different details this time, and now…The last thing I saw before everything went dark was
“Thank you,” I finally managed. That was all.Dominic’s mother squeezed my hand once, then let go. “Speak of the devil,” she whispered, nodding her head toward a space a little ways down the field.Dominic was standing about thirty feet away, talking to one of the pack elders. He had his hands in hi
Ellie’s POVDominic’s mother was the last person I expected to step in. I especially didn’t expect her to stand up for me like this, out of nowhere, with absolutely no prompting whatsoever.I was pretty certain the woman hated my guts.Or so I had always assumed.Before Dominic and I were engaged, s
Ellie’s POVThe guests flooded in more quickly than I expected. At first, there was just a trickle, but then the line of cars along the roadway grew longer and longer, and the packs started coming out in droves, all clamoring to get a look.I was standing in front of the row of hay bales now, on my
Ellie POV I didn’t mean to fall.One second I was gripping the edge of the table, trying to force my vision to cooperate, trying to breathe through the tightness in my chest after Dominic walked away—And the next, my knees buckled.The floor swung up toward me and the past few days of nothing but
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
Vivian POV Karina was the type of girl who would do anything for a but of attention. Especially from someone as cute and loved like me. She gossiping instead of doing anything meaningful. Her and that friend of hers, the one who existed primarily to nod.But funny enough, she was exactly who I need







