My feet swung lightly over the floor, toes curling against the cool air. “So you found out.”“Not from you,” she replied, the words clipped just enough to sting.I sighed, my fingers tightening around my journal. “Sorry. I’ve been distracted. It’s not you.”“I know it’s not.” She fluffed her pillow,
LioraI didn’t fall asleep so much as sink into it, like being pulled under by a current I didn’t see coming.And then I was running.The air in my lungs burned, the forest ahead blurring into streaks of black and silver. Branches tore at my sleeves, my feet striking earth that gave way beneath me
Liora“Liora.”I turned, skirts swaying, only to find Zane slipping into the narrow space beside me, hands shoved in his pockets like he had nowhere better to be. Typical.He wore that half-smile he used when he wasn’t sure I’d let him stay—testing the water, already braced for the cold. “Just thou
I forced a breath. I do. I nodded though he couldn’t see.Then you know you must come home soon. Marry whomever I choose.Unease twisted in my gut. I do.Then you’ll leave the decision in my hands.Not cruel, just immovable. Worse. The tone of a man who had already decided, conversation over.I stra
LioraYou’re either desperate or stupid.A bit of both, I thought, breathless.I could hear the curve in my fathers smile, having interrupted my training. I knew what he wanted. Information, what I didn’t know was what he wanted to do with it. And how are you going to win without your wolf?I droppe
BiancaI’m engaged.I won.Ha.Honestly, easy enough. Look at me. Look at him. It was inevitable.Sure, Callum’s been distant lately—busy, distracted, not looking at me quite the same. But whatever. I’ve got the ring, the promise, and the announcement blasted across every gossip channel and clan cir