LOGIN“I have no wolf!” I almost shouted. “I never have! If I did, Melody would have been able to awaken it. You know that.”“All right, all right, Faela,” Conri said, lifting his hands in mock surrender. “You win. You don’t have a wolf.”“Thank you.”“But we will discuss your experience in more detail la
Faela’s POV“Wolfsbane? Are you sure?”Conri nodded and backed up a step as well. “I recognize it from my studies,” he said. “But…I thought it was extinct in the wild.” He looked around, a concerned expression on his face as if he expected enemies to jump out at us from any direction.“I saw wolfban
I breathed a heavy sigh, grateful that he was okay physically, and even more grateful that he seemed to be okay mentally.Completely drained, I sat down next to him and closed my eyes, hopeful to get even a few moments of rest before needing to figure out how to get back to the palace from here.-W
Faela’s POVI almost cried out in shock, but forced myself to maintain my focus on the task at hand. Conri was shaking his head as if to clear it, making small sounds of what seemed to be irritation and discomfort, but I could see that his eyes were beginning to flicker again.Hope surged in my ches
Doing my best to settle my fear, I kept my attention on Conri and slightly lowered my eyes so that he wouldn’t perceive me as a threat. His growling faltered, but only for a moment.I wasn’t exactly sure how to access the powers I’d been channeling earlier, so I started off by trying to reach for hi
Faela’s POVConri’s eyes were still flickering between colors. As I made eye contact with him, he pulled his lips back over his teeth in a ferocious snarl that would have sent anyone else running.But I stayed where I was.I’m not afraid of you, I said.You need to leave, Conri panted. His eyes flas
FaelaThree days in the dark.They'd given me water twice. A metal cup pushed through a slot in the iron door, no words attached.The first time I drank so fast I choked. The second time I made myself go slow, sip by sip, because I didn't know when the next one was coming.My body felt wrong. Hollow
ConriThree days. Thirty-six streets. Every alley, doorway, and rooftop between the market district and the river.Nothing.The guard stood at attention in my study doorway, his report already written on his face before he spoke. "We've completed the final sweep of the eastern quarter, Your Majesty
FaelaI ran.The pavement was slick and my shoes kept slipping, but I didn't stop. His voice was still in my ears, those words punching through the night air behind me.“I marked her.”“She’ll die!”“I swear I'll kill her.”I pressed my hand over my mouth and ran harder.The streets were empty. Ever
FaelaSomething was wrong with my body.The rogues were gone. The black wolf stood at the mouth of the alley, its shape swallowed by the moonless sky, and behind it, those green eyes. Steady. Watching me where I sat on cold stone.I should have run. My throat stung raw where my mother's chain had be







