LOGINIris’s POVThe darkness didn't feel empty.It felt warm, soft, and safe. There was no pain here. No fear. No yelling.Then light came.It was bright and gentle.I was standing in a room that looked familiar in a way that made my chest tighten.Evie's room.I knew it immediately. The same pink walls.
Iris’s POVRowan was standing over her, breathing heavily, still half shifted, his hands were dark with her blood. Chloe was on the floor and she was not moving. She was alive. I could hear her shallow breathing from across the room. But I almost didn’t recognise her. Her face was swollen. She was f
Iris’s POVThe strike never came.The door burst open so hard it slammed into the wall behind it.Rowan.He stood in the doorway for less than a second, and in that split second, I saw his eyes glance down to see me on the floor with my arms around my stomach, and my back against the wall. I watched
Iris’s POVChloe’s wolf was huge.It wasn’t as large as some of the other wolves I had seen, but standing in the middle of a bedroom with no space and no way out was something completely different.It made her look so much larger than she actually was.I pressed my back against the wall.My wolf was
Iris’s POVI threw myself to the side.Chloe’s fist hit nothing but air. She stumbled slightly from the force of her own swing. I hit the edge of the bed and grabbed the bedpost to stop myself from falling.My heart was pounding as I struggled to fully understand what was happening.Chloe straighten
Iris’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 POVThe three of them shrugged in unison, smiling weirdly. “We just wanted to see you off properly,” Jasmine said. “You know, spend your last few minutes here with your friends.”Shane nodded. “Yeah. We figured you would want company before the gathering.”I studied them carefully. Something
Iris’s POVEric took my elbow gently, pointing toward the raised platform at the front of the hall where some chairs had been arranged. “You’ll sit with me up there. It’s where the honored guests sit.”I glanced at the platform. It was where Rowan, Asher, Lucas, and Jeremy were all supposed to sit a
Iris's POVI opened my mouth, but no words came out.“Iris,” Eric said again, and this time there was an edge to his voice. “What child is he talking about?”My hands moved instinctively to my stomach, and that one small gesture was all the confirmation Eric needed.His face went completely blank. “
“I don't care if he's happy or not,” I said, though my chest tightened at the thought of Rowan's reaction. “He made his choice when he locked me here. Now I'm making mine.”“This is about more than just the lockdown, isn't it?” Shane asked quietly. “This is about Chloe.”I froze, keeping my back to







