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
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
The crowd was in chaos now. Voices surged over one another, drowning out whatever it was that Ambrose was saying. The din was deafening.Suddenly, a voice shouted, “Enough!”Everyone went silent, turning toward the source of the word. Ambrose’s fiancee stood at the altar, hands clenched into fists a
Liora’s POV“We need to talk.” Callum took a step forward. Snow flecked his dark hair as he exited the colonnade, making my heart do that stupid fluttering thing again.I shoved the feeling down and stood, making my way across the courtyard toward the door at the other side. “If this is about the ki
Liora’s POVThe air grew tense and silent. Ambrose stood in the doorway, his jacket dusted with snow, looking around at all of us like he hadn’t expected to see us here.But mostly, I got the sense that he hadn’t expected to see me here. Like he was equal parts disappointed and gleeful to see me sta







