phin

nees!" Bel

ck of my knee. It was a cowardly move, typical of a Gamma

. I hit the ma

he Vitiello throne, the daughter of the King,

, looming over me. "This is w

d yanked my head back, exposing my

ight here," Lola hissed. "Save D

brating with a warning that no human should possess, "you will p

in her eyes. She felt it-the static electricity

hest. To the silver locket th

" She reached out an

ch that!"

r the building. That locket contained the only thing kee

ommy?" Lola mocked. "It l

ya

old. It snapped wit

lla stomped on my hand, grind

to the light. "Let's s

ed it on

the silver oval fall, end over end

d her stil

gged. "You don't kno

ola said,

ght her

unc

nt silver shattered. The dried Moonshade Herb inside-a pri

d out with the silver. That locket was the last piece of the soft, human gi

e shockw

e I had swallowed a star. The barrier that had held b

mperature dropped twenty degrees. The smell of

sce

esh blood. Ancient pine. And the overwhelmi

ain in my hand vanished. Th

s only t

I wore couldn't hide the change. My irises floo

creaming at her to run. Lola froze, her foot st

er,* my wolf purred i

wn anymore. It carried the Alpha Tone-a resonance

d. "What...

eth felt sharper. "