I slept with the Wolf King
“The wards will hold until sunrise. After that, the outer rings fall. You have six hours to decide whether to run or to claim the boy in front of every wolf who wants him dead.”
Outside the narrow window slits, the first answering howls rose closer now, and many.
Aria looked at me, eyes fierce and terrified all at once.
“Explain the rest of the rules,” she said. “Every single one. Right now. Because if your own brother just sold us out, I need to know exactly what we’re walking into when the sun comes up.”
I met her gaze and gave her the only truth left.
“The final rule is simple,” I said. “Once the cub has howled, the pack cannot unhear it. They will either kneel… or they will try to kill w