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
Apparently, my future had just been sealed. Again.But I don’t want him. I’ve never wanted this.But when Dominic opens his mouth, he faces his parents. “With respect, you’re wrong. Ellie wasn’t the prime choice of the night. And my opinion should carry some weight here too. I’m the one who has to l
Ellie POV Karina slams into me, fingers tangling in my hair as we go down together.She didn’t take that slap well, but with how I was feeling, I was itching for a fight.The ground bites into my shoulder, Karina straddles me, fury twisting.“You bitch,” she snarls.Her fist comes down once, hard e
My jaw tightens.“Did you also hear about the massive pitfall trap on that ‘easier’ route? Yeah, I’m quiet sure you did.”“And just what are you implying?!” Karina snapped.“That you messed with me before,” I hissed. “And people don’t change.”The room goes dead silent.Karina’s face twists. “Like I
Ellie POV I wake to the ache first. My back, my legs, the dull soreness that reminds me I slept on dirt and roots instead of a bed.Then my ankle snaps me awake, it’s throb slowly growing like my consciousness. The morning light was beaming down the pit, and my arm covered my face.Too bright.But







