were caving in. The word "murderer" rang i

racteristically softly given th

was ready for. I checked the door lock and began stuffing supplies into a duffel bag - clothes, dry

r mother so he could take her place. And now he is coming for you - the only person who co

rwhelming in the tight, claustrophobic space. Elias was panicking in a corner

hat Karina told me. That's the only truth I own. This... this man in the corner, this 'Elias,' is

hat authoritative haze that smelled like burnt ozone and silver. He immediate

it by a car..." My whole life this is what Aunt Karina told me. I was beginning to question everything

cy of the Blackwood pack" Elias tried to explain. Finn shot him a look, anger

sane?" What absolute tosh. These men were clearly crazy.

ld hear the sound of heavy boots destroying the life I had built for

sten to them Selina. They are telling yo

ded of the man I'd had to drag into

e gestured to Finn's face. "You cut

n a trance as the jagged red line of the wound pulled itself together, the skin knitting with an

cold of the stone wall against

rk?" I demanded, my voice trembled yet the

ere are no scars for us, Selina. Not from a simple blad

. I was going to wake up and have a right laugh

ing towards me then looking straight back down

betrayed our pack for a "forbidden power" - the same power he thi

but when Finn spok

ed the Silver Spark for himself. But the Spark died with

me? Wh

glowing eyes pressing into mine with a certainty that made my heart flutter but left my head feeling mor

I'm human...

hit my ears; it erupted inside my mind, a deep, resonant hum that bypasse

? Why you weren't like other girls. How you survived like this? Your strong

The way Elias had said my claws were itching to burst out, my

you can no longer deny. They are our Kin Selina. Tr

p you safe, she felt you would be safer if you h

denly made sense. My aunt had lied t

creak of the trap door sending a shiver d

g Alpha." Elias was practically begg

ntial. There was a loud boom and the earth rumbled as the explosives went off and the tunnels began to collapse. The smell

s I felt the intrusion. It was similar to what Finn had done but wi

erously intimate. "The Hound is a beautiful liar, isn't he? He hides his bloodstained hands behin

the reason he stopped trying to kill me and supposedly was trying to save me. I gasped

second our eyes met - and so did you.' The sta

lmost like he knew

ietly, wrapping his arms around my wai

y hoping it would work. This was not s

e ready when you are my lov

hoed in my skull. Was I being rescued by my soulmate, or was I just being traded from one executioner t