LOGINIris’s POVI kept my breathing steady.My wolf pushed forward slightly, and I let her because I needed all the help I could get.“Kill me,” I repeated. “Really, Chloe.” I kept my voice flat. “It hasn’t come to this. It doesn’t have to.”She snorted.“Look.” I shifted my weight, buying time. “How abo
Iris’s POVI sat in the silence and listened, but I heard nothing.There were no footsteps in the corridor, no voices, no sound of anything at all. Just a silence that felt wrong in a way I couldn’t explain.My wolf was alert.I shifted against the pillows and tried to find a comfortable position, w
Iris’s POVI mentioned it to Shane once, keeping it casual.He shrugged. “Maybe she’s keeping her head down. It’s not a secret that she might be a suspect.”I furrowed my eyebrows slightly, but Rowan hadn’t given any indication about that when I had told him my doubts about Chloe.“Has Rowan said so
Iris’s POVThe feeling stopped after Maren’s visit.Rowan told me she had put up wards and traps around the room before she left. Anything that came close with bad intentions would set them off, and we would know right away.I didn’t fully understand how it worked, and honestly, I didn’t need to. Wh
Iris’s POVI told her everything. My first night here, the curtains, the way it came and went without pattern, the fact that nothing was ever found, no scent, no sound, no trace. I told her about my wolf’s reaction, and how tense my wolf got whenever it started.Maren listened without interrupting.
Iris’s POVThe following days were not easy.That awful feeling kept coming back.And the worst part was that it was totally unpredictable. Some nights I would fall asleep without any issue and wake up in the morning feeling almost normal. Then the next night it would come so heavy that my heart wou
Iris's POVRowan clenched his jaw as if he was biting back his words. His mouth opened, closed, then opened again. Nothing came out.The silence stretched. My heard pounded in my chest.“Well?” I asked, my voice sharp. “Why should it concern you?”Finally he exhaled hard through his nose, running a
Iris’s POVAfter a while, I stood up and went to the mirror. I took off my shirt and examined my body. My elbow, which had been bruised from training, was smooth. The cut on my shoulder? Gone. Even the scar on my collarbone from falling on a sharp rock, had vanished.I touched other spots where I co
Iris’s POVI didn’t cry when they told me that Evie was gone.I had already screamed, and begged as I held her body in my arms while it turned cold.What more was left?They tried. The healers. The nurses, but nothing changed the truth.Evie was gone.I held her hand long after she stopped breathing
Eric’s POVI dropped to my knees, brushing dirt away with my bare hands frantically.My throat tightened as I prayed within myself. Please let it be a rock. Just a large flat rock.But I already knew it wasn’t.The more I cleared the soil, the more the truth stared back at me. It wasn’t a rock, but







