AVAMy heart flew to my throat. I tried to grab the dagger I’d recently started placing on my nightstand, but before I could grab it, Blake moved quickly. He was too fast, even faster than I’d ever seen any wolf move. I just had to blink once and then he was right inside my room.I froze, my hand still inches away from the dagger.He didn’t come at me right away. Instead, he started circling me. His steps were slow and his gaze trailed over me as though he was measuring every inch of me. He was looking at me like I was prey. “You’re stronger than they told me,” Blake finally said. His eyes lingered on my arms, and the muscle I’d built from training. Then his smirk widened. “Of course you’re still theirs, but that won’t last.”I forced my voice to remain normal, even though my heart was pounding so hard I thought it might just explode from my chest. “What are you talking about?”Blake only chuckled. He didn’t answer. He kept pacing, and I found myself moving too, staying in step with
AVAThe whole house felt different after that night in the woods. I could still hear the sound of Zade slamming the door, and in my head, it was louder than it had been in the moment. For the next few days, everything was tense between us. The triplets hardly spoke to me unless they had to, and when they did, the words that left their mouths were sharp and clipped. Mealtimes were the worst. We sat at the same table, but it didn’t feel like we were in the same world. I picked at my food while they talked to each other like I wasn’t even there.I told myself I didn’t care. Fine, let them sulk, I thought. But truly, I wasn’t happy about the situation. My heart was aching because I hated being shut out, and I also hated not knowing what they were hiding from me. And more than that, I hated that Blake’s words about the triplets hiding the truth from me were still playing over and over in my head.But instead of drowning myself in self-pity, I decided to do something even better with my
AVAMy wolf growled inside me. Evie already knew something was wrong. The way he’d leaned against that tree, and the way his eyes were glinting wasn’t casual at all. It was planned.“You set me up,” I said under my breath, shaking my head as soon as I realized I’d been played for a fool.Blake smirked even more. “Took you long enough to figure it out.”Before I could even try shifting, the air around us changed. Paws crunched against leaves, and then the multiple growls began to come from the wolves all around me. My stomach dropped as I stared at all of them one after the other. There were too many rogues, and their eyes were glinting dangerously in the dark.I shifted without thinking. My bones snapped and cracked, fur spread out, and soon I could feel power rushing through me. Me and my wolf didn’t hesitate. She charged at the first rogue that got too close. I clamped my jaws down on his neck, and he fell to the ground hard.Another one tried to take me unaware from the side, but
AVAThe morning after the attack, things were quiet, but it was the kind of silence that made everything in my chest feel heavy. Everyone was busy moving around the pack house. Warriors sharpened their weapons and reloaded their guns, omegas kept running back and forth with trays of food, and work men fixed up the holes in the walls, windows, and doors. But even with all the work, there was this edge in the air, like we all knew this wasn’t over. Because it wasn’t.The rogues had all pulled back but just like Alpha Thomas said, that didn’t mean they were gone. And I could see it in the triplets’ eyes that they weren’t just waiting around for the rogues to come to us first. I knew they were planning something.When I decided to take a short walk around the grounds, I caught sight of Zade pacing the training yard with Roman. Both of them were arguing in low voices while Axel kept his distance with his arms crossed over his chest. It didn’t take a genius to figure out who they were ta
AVAThe pack house was a mess. The sound of broken glass crunching under my shoes as I stepped inside filled my ears. The air was thick with the smell of blood and smoke. The sun had just risen, and everyone already looked drained. Pack members were limping in, and some were carrying others on their backs, while omegas rushed around with bandages and bowls of hot water. My stomach turned when I saw the amount of blood that was everywhere.I spotted Axel near the entrance. His arm had been wrapped in a cloth that was already soaked through with his blood. He was trying to brush off the healer who insisted he sit down. Typical Axel, I thought. He hated being fussed over.“Sit,” I told him firmly and pulled out a chair.He gave me a crooked smile. “You sound just like Zade.”“Then listen, before I yell at you like Zade would,” I joked. I grabbed the bandages the healer had dropped and knelt beside him.He sighed dramatically but sat down anyway. I carefully unwrapped the bloody cloth a
ZADEThe second I saw Blake, rage filled me up instantlyHe was standing just a few yards away in the shadows, watching us like he had all the time in the world. Ava had already seen him, and I could see the way her heart had started beating faster. That nightmare she told us about yesterday? Now I was certain it wasn’t just a dream.“Stay with her,” I called out to Roman and Axel. My wolf growled inside me, and my claws were itching to come out. I didn’t even wait for an answer from them. I just charged toward the trees, near where Blake was, chasing him down.He smirked before turning around to run.Coward, I thought.The forest streaked past me as I ran. Branches snapped under my paws as I shifted while running. Now my wolf had taken over, so my vision was sharper, and every sound around me was louder. I could hear how fast his heart was pounding even though he was ahead of me, and I could smell his stinking sweat too.He was fast, but not fast enough.I pushed myself harder. My