MasukEllie’s POVAfter meeting with Edmund, I went straight to my mother’s cottage instead of heading back to Lucas’s house. I started with the boxes labeled “bedroom” and worked my way through to the kitchen boxes stacked near the door.I opened each one carefully, went through the contents, refolded or
“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 POV The tent smells like antiseptic and damp canvas.Lucas lowers me onto the cot with too much care. His hands hover even after I’m settled, fingers flexing as if he doesn’t know where to put them now that I’m not actively falling apart.He starts with giving me some pain herbs and meds, “I’
Ellie POV There’s a shift.One i felt since the morning.But especially now.The way the air in the cafeteria thickens the moment I step inside, like I’ve walked into a room where a fight was about to start and I was center stage.My leg aches with every step. I favor it without thinking, my limp s
Ellie POV By the time I’m dismissed for break, my hands are shaking.Not from the work.Okay, a little from the work.But also from holding everything in.I make it outside before my knees finally give, sinking down onto the cold concrete steps behind the locker rooms. The chill seeps straight thro
My chest tightens. “You didn’t. But I can’t trust you.”The words surprise both of us.His form stiffens, slowly turning his head. “What did you say?”“You’ve lied,” I say. My voice shakes, and I hate that it does. “In the past. You used to use me. Treat me like crap. And I let you. Everything betwe







