LOGINMany students cheered. A few looked at each other in confusion, maybe a little disappointment. Some of the ones surrounding me turned my way, looking for a reaction that I refused to give. I tightened my grip on the strap of my bag and made a silent decision then and there that I was definitely not
Liora’s POV“Pregnant?”The word squeaked out of me, high pitched and weak, before I could stop myself, making a few nearby students glance my way in confusion. Marissa and her girlfriend both gave me an apologetic look the moment they saw my reaction.“I’m sorry,” Marissa said quickly. “It’s just a
Liora’s POVI woke up the next morning with my mind already made up. The moment I opened my eyes, looking up at the ceiling as the first rays of morning sunshine played across the white paint, I knew exactly what I was going to do today.I was going to tell Callum the truth.All of it. Who I really
Something cracked in my chest. I felt alone and stupid and small, and in that moment, I simply didn’t have the strength to send anyone away.“One drink?” she asked, noticing my look. “You don’t have to talk if you don’t want to, but we do have a history together, and I’d feel awful letting you sit h
Callum’s POVLiora’s door clicked shut behind her. I stood there for a long moment in the darkness, smiling like a fool.It had been a good night. Better than good, actually. I hadn’t planned on the concert going the way it did—hadn’t planned on a lot of things going the way they had over the past w
The first note was loud and raucous, nearly drowning out the roar of the crowd. Around us, the bar patrons surged forward, and I went with them without thinking, pulled in by the music.Somewhere in the first song, Callum appeared at my side.He didn’t say anything. Neither did I. We just stood ther
A murmur ran through the hall.Bianca’s smirk flickered in fear, just for a heartbeat.I straightened my shoulders and closed my eyes, reaching for the part of me that had always been there. The wolf that had always answered when I called.It should have been easy.I focused on the wild pulse in my
LioraI’d expected a simple path back to the library, but Callum’s house was anything but simple. Its halls twisted and doubled back on themselves, more of a labyrinth than even my father’s castle.Every turn was polished marble, heavy carved paneling, bookcases that stretched from floor to ceiling.
LioraI hadn’t planned on walking these halls again. Not as Liora the nobody. But here I am, and after last night, there’s a strange satisfaction in it. Another day lived on my own terms, why wouldn’t that make me smile?By the time Mia and I walked into the hall, the whole school was buzzing like a
LioraI didn’t stop walking until the hedges closed around me, the green walls swallowing everything behind me. The path wound and twisted like a maze, white gravel crunching under my shoes in a rhythm that was faster than I meant it to be. My hands wouldn’t stop trembling, part fury, part something







