LOGIN“Are you saying my mother was in possession of something that only belonged to Lycan royals?” I asked.Edmund reached for the syrup and began drizzling it over his pancakes. “Ellie,” he said, glancing up at me, “do you know anything about your heritage?”I stared at the tablet. The wolf stared back,
Ellie’s POVThat night, I couldn’t stop thinking about that strange tablet. Around midnight, I finally couldn’t take it anymore, so I got up and turned on my overhead light, squinting, and carefully laid the tablet out on my desk.The picture I snapped probably wasn’t the best quality, a little blur
That thought settled heavy in my chest as I came around the last bend and the cottage came into view.It looked the same from the outside. The same stone path leading to the front door, the same flower beds along the front, although the flowers were dead now, dried up and frost-bitten from the cold.
Ellie’s POVI pulled the chair from the corner of the room over to the bedside and sat down. I started unpacking the containers, setting them out on the table. The smell of the rotisserie chicken filled the room immediately, warm and rich, and I heard Dominic’s stomach growl.“When was the last time
My stepfather had made financial arrangements contingent on Dominic becoming Alpha King.I thought about that on the walk home, and the further I got from the academy, the more pieces started shifting into place. Moments from my past life that I had nearly forgotten slowly filtered back in, and with
Ellie’s POVIt had been a long, tiring day. Finals were in just a few short weeks, and the semester was wrapping up with a mountain of projects and assignments. Just when one ended, another one seemed to pop up, and I felt like I was drowning. I was coming down the academy steps with my bag over one
Dominic POV The moment her head disappeared beneath the surface, something inside me tore open.I didn’t feel myself running. I didn’t feel the rocks under my hands. All I felt was a pull, and it was enough to drive me forward like an animal.I dove deep, eyes burning, lungs screaming.It was dark.
Dominic POV I’m done. Enough.I’d been searching since first period. Not openly, because I wasn’t that pathetic.Maybe a little recklessly, fury chewing at my ribs.They were not at breakfast.Not in morning training.And every classroom I checked since then had been empty of scent.I stalked throu
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







