er

dark hunger. I haven't felt alive in five

d too close to my skin, it was p

you find," I said,

tricity shot up my arm. Her wrist felt like

y. She stood her ground with a power tha

ow much my hand was shaking. "You will stay in

s lingered against my palm for a second too

as not a respectful b

that seemed to vibrate in the air. "But remember, once you l

in my own house?" I as

simply telling you a fact. You hired me because you are weak and your borde

hed the way her black silk

ot even in the strongest Alphas. She didn't just w

e shadows. He was squinting at her ba

lls like death. She has no pack sc

ather," I said, though

ple. If a monster is what it takes to

red. "The way she holds her shoul

y, Father. Nothin

uld not stop thumping. That magnetic pull was

back together, like a broken bone trying to

looked at the little blue ribbon on the table, the

"She's a nightmare. You were an ang

"monster" was currently walking through my halls, her fingers touchin

ng exactly how she was going

d out onto my balcony to seek the cold night

e Huntress. She was standing in the middle of the r

oing down there

mp. She stood

back. "You planted these roses to hide a me

blood, not so

den," I commanded, m

the mask on, I felt like she wa

her voice dripping with venom. "But you couldn't spend

petals can cover the

irl!" I roared, gripping the s

d. She raised a hand and blew a kiss toward my balcony.

. She simply disappeared into the

r into my home. I had given her a key to my gates. My wolf

nd, it looked like a wolf with huge wings. I rubbed my eyes, an

e. I dreamed of blood and black silk. I dreamed

he just squeezed it slowly, watching me gasp for air

er to sque

y lips. The sun was just coming up. But w

om, was a single black feather. It was as dark

ave killed me. But she hadn't. She had left a toke

ather. I realized then that I didn't kn

rom or why her presence felt l

s, the world wasn't gray. I was terrified. And I was s

I whispered to

sun. Today, the tr

y capable of. I didn't know that by the end o

irl I was mourning was c

inside the house.