LOGINThe common room was bustling at this hour as students rushed around, getting ready for classes. I made my way to the kitchen and threw a bagel in the toaster, leaning against the counter as I waited.“Callum?”Bianca stepped into view, appearing out of seemingly nowhere. My jaw tightened, wolf insti
Callum’s POVI woke to the feeling of something warm in my chest.For a moment, I almost could have sworn that I had something small and delicate gathered up in my arms. A gentle heart beating against my own. A lock of soft hair fluttering against my cheek.Liora.A smile touched my lips. I tightene
It might have been laughable, had circumstances not been so… sad.“So your parents took it badly, I imagine,” I pointed out.Callum huffed and looked into his bottle. “My dad beat the shit out of me.”I pulled my head back. “He what?”Wordlessly, Callum turned, pulling his shirt up to reveal his bac
Liora’s POVI just barely made it into the parking space before the car let out one final groan, then sputtered to a stop, rocking back and forth on the wheels.“Sorry about that, girl,” I said, patting the steering wheel. “That was a lot more driving in one day than I anticipated.”Shirley almost s
“Twenty lashes,” he said. “We’ll see if you change your mind then.”I grit my teeth. “I don’t have to put up with this anymore.”“Would you rather take it, or would you prefer if that little wolfless whore of yours took it instead?”The moment he said those words, I felt all the blood drain from my
Callum’s POVMy father’s shadow darkened the room.There was a time in my life when my father’s presence seemed enormous and all-consuming, like a black hole filling any space he entered. When I was a child, I remembered thinking that he was big enough to reach the moon, or to blot out the sun.I’d
Liora’s POV“Mia!” I dropped to my knees and immediately removed her gag while Callum worked at her hands and wrists. Once she was untied, she threw her arms around my neck, sobbing into my hair. I held her close, just rocking her.Over her shoulder, I met Callum’s gaze. That silver hue was still pr
Liora’s POVAmbrose’s lips curled nastily.“Can I help you, Liora?” he sneered.I stared at the scene, my phone trembling in my hand now. It wasn’t Mia who Ambrose had taken to his room. It was his own fiancee.She must have followed him at the same time I went to find Mia. They must have come strai
Liora’s POVAmbrose turned to me. His movements were slow, unhurried. Deliberate.There was that curve of his mouth again. Not a smile, but something darker and more predatory.“That’s a good girl.” His voice slipped into my mind—not a mindlink. A memory. And yet, when I tried to grasp it, it slippe
The servant’s chin wobbled. He looked between the four of us in terror. My heart sank somewhat, and I stepped forward, placing a hand on Callum’s shoulder.“Let him go, Callum.”“What?” Callum hissed.“He won’t tell us what we need to know if you’re scaring the shit out of him,” Zane pointed out.Ca







