MasukIris’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 POVA Week LaterI was healed. At least, that’s what the healer said.The truth was that my body had recovered physically. The pain was gone. The dizziness had faded. I could move without any form of pain or ache.But inside? Inside, I was still a mess. The fear still lingered at the back of
Iris’s POVJasmine’s head snapped toward me, her face full of confusion and a little hurt. “What?” she asked, her voice was softer than Rowan’s. “You’re leaving?”I couldn’t bring myself to answer. My eyes dropped instantly to my fidgeting fingers as I began wishing I could disappear.Rowan glanced
Iris’s POVThere was silence for a moment, then Rowan sighed.“Sorry won’t save you next time,” he said flatly.My chest ached with guilt, and shame flooded through me as the memory of those rogues flashed through my mind. The shame of being so weak that I couldn’t even protect myself. I could still
Eric’s POVI couldn’t sleep.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw EvieShe looked so pale and was still, wrapped in that blanket with her unicorn placed beside her. Her favourite unicorn that she had offered to Tiffany. That image had burned itself into my memory, and now it played over and over like







