ela

mething hard hi

ains, illuminating the dust motes in the air. Kason was sitting on the edge of his bed, holding an ice pac

a small cardbo

was a box of emerg

aze was fixed on the wall, his jaw tight as if he were holding back a scream. Th

roaked, my

on't remember much after you... attacked me. But you smell like

f something in his eyes-not just cruelty, but a desperate need to rewrite the narrative. If h

I said, my voice trembling.

He rubbed his chest, as if his wolf were clawing at him from

Before he slammed the door, I heard a ragged inta

the floor. I grabb

cading the door with old furniture. I only went

gh Kason didn't know that part-was in less tha

own, selling the few gold earrings I had left. I need

arty to celebrate the upcoming full moon.

champagne through the cro

ad shoved a hot poker into my stomach. I doubled over, dropp

tch!" some

physically rejecting the Oneal Pack, rejecting Kason's leadership, and craving

walked through. He loo

pped. He sni

becomes sweeter, milky. But when a wolf is sick f

he biological shift was confusing. He smelled

wide. He looke

a shaking finger at

pouring down my face

stopped. The whole pack was watching. "You tried to trap

's pregnant? With whose baby? Probab

m, hauling me up. I screamed in pain. "You

, tears streaming down my f

snarled, dragging me toward the exit.

I begged, digging my

eaving a trail of shattered glass and rumors behind him. He was driving me to the clinic, convinced