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“What do you think you’re doing?”Bianca rushed down the pathway like a bat out of hell. Upon reaching me, she grabbed my wrist so hard that her nails dug painfully into my skin, and tried to yank me away.I held my ground. I put my free arm around Mia and drew her close, then lifted my
Liora’s POVMia started to sway on her feet after her third glass of champagne. Her cheeks were flushed, her eyes sparkling in that way they only did when she had just a little bit too much to drink.“Okay. I think you’ve had enough,” I laughed, placing my hand on her shoulder. The party was still r
There was, of course, the possibility that revealing my identity as the female Alpha could help. But even as I thought about it, I knew it wouldn’t work. I was on Ambrose’s home turf. He had already decided to side with Bianca for whatever reason. I had no way of proving my identity yet, and my fath
Liora’s POV“Here. Sit here. You want some water?” Callum gently lowered me onto a stone bench in the hallway and crouched in front of me. I shook my head, too choked up to speak. I hadn’t been able to walk out of the room on my own; I’d collapsed, knees buckling out from under me, the moment I’d sa







