ly seven hundred times in the last five years, an

he change always hurt these days, like my body was protesting the transformation it was built for, but I'd learned to hi

my life had imploded. Tall and broad-shouldered, with dark hair going silver at the temples and eyes the color of old amber. Handsome, if you ignored the cruelty that

hat about you, Lyrix. Even as a teenager, you had this spark. This defiance. It's what makes your bloodline so valuable." He tilted his head, studying me like I was a

down, buried it deep where it couldn't distract me. "What I do or don't tell Raven is none of your business. Actually, everything about me is n

ant." He gestured to his wolves, and they fanned out wider, moving to flank our camp from multiple angles. "I'm going to make this very simple. You c

controlled despite the fear I could smell rolling off her in waves. They were loyal and brave and completely outmatched. Thaddeus had brought at least fifteen hunt

simple and

s that all ended badly. "Why now? You've known where I was for

celerating. I can smell it on you, that sweet rot of a bond dying. Another few weeks and you

led, wanting blood, wanting to tear into him and make him pay for every threat, every violation, every mome

been cast out for being too weak despite her brilliant mind. Marcus, who'd lost his entire family to a pack war and had nowhere else to go. Jen, who'd been labeled a trouble

ave them alone. Completely. No retaliation, no hunting them d

ed at the edge of the safe house, laptop abandoned, eyes wide with understanding

, keeping my eyes on Thaddeus.

om his pocket, a silver collar that gleamed in the afternoon light. Suppressor magic radiated from it, the kind of enchantmen

k law. If he gave his word and broke it, he'd lose his power, his pack,

ed my arm. "There has to be another opt

his desperate gaze. "We can die.

ders back, every inch of me radiating defiance even as I walked toward my own capture. The collar felt like

s said, and I wanted

ssed my ears entirely and went straight to my chest, to the damaged mate bond that suddenly flared to agonizing life. Every wol

than Crimson's hunters, their formation precise and deadly. Shadowfang warriors. At least thirty of th

llar in my hands, and something

ly wrecked, "I will burn down every territory between here a