FAZER LOGINI pressed myself against a large tree, holding my breath. There were no other wolves around that I could see—I could only hear them in the distance, howling and laughing and shouting. The prize was ours so long as we worked together.Peering around the tree, I spotted Luca from the other side of the
LyraBianca looked stunning in her dress. It was a deep burgundy velvet with a plunging neckline, full skirts swishing around her legs as she moved. The color had always looked good on her. It was also the color she’d worn when she let me die.I snapped my gaze away before either of them could spot
Luca’s words snapped me out of it, and I finally realized what I was doing. I was acting a fool—hurting Luca wouldn’t make Lyra any less distant toward me. It was only going to make things worse.For all I knew, he was responsible for this sudden change in her. If I wanted to snap her out of it and
Kael & LyraKaelThe moment Lyra was gone, I whirled on Luca. My fury returned tenfold, every Alpha instinct in me itching to pin him to the ground and put him in his place. Luca was my friend—and he had betrayed me by flirting with Lyra when I had specifically told him to leave her alone.“She’s no
I didn’t think. I just moved, skidding to a halt between them.“Stop!”I squeezed my eyes shut as their forms hurtled toward me from either side. They wouldn’t stop. They would both slam into me in a flurry of fangs and claws and—But the impact never came. I cracked one eye open, then the other, to
Lyra“Kael,” Luca said, stepping forward, “you’re back.”“I’m back.” Red eyes flicked over to me, and Kael’s mouth pressed into a thin line. I hadn’t seen him in a few days; all I knew was that he had returned home to handle some matters. Right now, I wished her hadn’t returned at all. “I appreciate
Only then did Kael turn to look. Cassidy immediately straightened, forcing her adoring smile back into place, and blew him a kiss. But he wasn’t looking at her.Onyx eyes directly met mine instead.He held my gaze for a long moment, and during that time, I couldn’t seem to tear my eyes away. It was
“Mom!”But it was too late.“Lyr—”One of the black wolves opened its jaws and snapped her head clean off, cutting her off mid-scream.Blood splattered across my nightgown, my face, my hair. I froze, mouth hanging open. All I could do was stand there as the wolf casually walked over to my father’s l
“Why do you train so hard?” he asked as she struggled to break the hold he now had on her. “No offense, but you’re wolfless, so it’s not like they’d allow you to become a warrior.”Lyra’s eyes flashed again. Up close, Luca knew now that it was indeed a look of pain, and he feared he had hurt her fee
It made no sense. Lyra was wolfless—it should have been nearly impossible for someone in her condition to beat any student with a wolf in a spar, especially in an Alpha training class. But she hadn’t just held her own. She had won.Something must have happened to make her like this. Either someone w







