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
“Ah,” the witch said, nodding to herself. “The lovers—reversed. You had a fated mate once, no?” I didn’t even respond before she went on, “If you want your wolf back, you must mark him again. Restore your bond under the blood moon.”My jaw tightened. The witch was already clearing away the cards lik
“I can tell you don’t actually mean it.” I turned on my heel, but Zane’s hand shot out and grabbed my wrist, pulling me back. I tried to yank my arm away, but he held fast.“I really am, Liora. I just thought I was helping.”“Helping how, exactly?” I finally managed to twist my arm away. “You promis
“You really didn’t have to do this,” I muttered as he pulled out of the parking lot—one hand on the steering wheel, the other on the shifter.He shrugged. “It’s too far to walk, anyway. I’m surprised you walked this far.”My face heated, but this time, it had nothing to do with his unexpected gentle
Liora’s POVThe weekend passed just as I expected it to at this point: with me holed up in a hidden corner of the library for the majority of the time, pretending that I was studying or had homework to do, until the librarian kicked me out at closing time.When I wasn’t doing that, I was locked secu







