Mag-log inThe 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 POVI turned back to Zane and folded my arms. “Not interested.”“Aw, come on, Liora.” He jogged to catch up with me as I started walking away. “Just hear me out.”“I heard you out yesterday, and you thought it would be funny to blackmail me over something that was difficult for me to open up
Liora’s POVThe wolf stepped into the clearing, and my stomach dropped.It was huge. Easily twice my size, with dark fur and eyes that gleamed black in the camera lights. An Alpha, judging by the sheer size of him. His lips were pulled back in a snarl, revealing an upper row of sharp teeth.This was
Callum’s POV“...Remember the night that wolfless Liora Belrose proved you all wrong. Again.”I stared up at the television in shock. Someone had cast the livestream to the TV, and all eyes were now glued to the screen. The music went quiet, and even the bartender, an older, gruff man in his sixties
Liora’s POVI’d heard that Paddy’s, the local dive bar outside campus, was hosting an end-of-semester party. I wasn’t initially planning on going, but when I heard that Mia was there, I decided to find her.We needed to talk. I hadn’t seen her at all since the fight in the hallway the other day. She







