gged shadows that danced like specters on the cavern walls. The air reeked of damp stone and old blood, the kind that seeped into cracks and

verberated off the stone. A muscle twitched in his jaw, his claws unsheat

dn't glance back, his scarred hands tightening the rust

ilver and shadow, inhumanly swift. He slammed Cassius against the cavern wall, the impac

side her flickering like a dying star. Now. She pulled

ap

ackle

t her ankle, yanking her to the floor. "Clever little liar," he murmured, his voice a mix of venom and som

trickling from his t

his chest, where a wound oozed blackened blood. The stench

he curse... it's spreading." His gaze locked onto

d brittle. "You think an omega's

bruises from the shackles, the split l

hot against her neck. "Save me," he wh

arely. Her throat

have a c

s aimed at Thaddeus's thro

e broken shackle and press

vern s

, a guttural scream tearing from his lips as the rot receded, flesh knitting it

e silver thread unraveled

houlders, alive and fu

uld answer, C

e silver wolf with eyes like molten mercury. The two Alphas collided, fangs and fury shaking the ca

he exit, her limbs le

, half-shifted, dragged her back.

ting with his jaw. He snarl

ceiling

ad stood. Dust choked her lungs, the world reduced to chaos. When it cleared

gone. Buried

a to her feet. "We

ee. "Where's

cks spiderwebbed across the wa

uch startlingly gentle. "Alive. B

gs burned, her blood humming with residual power. The walls narrowed, cold air biting her

shoving her against a

-harsh, guttural. S

us muttered, his breath ragged. "An

owned.

ghtened. "

he pressed a blade into h

hy

it

od across his face and chest, then hers, his hands ste

ith serrated blades and wolfsbane-coated whips. They

wled, eyeing Lyr

h, a low growl rumbling

us dragged Lyra past. She kept her head down, her b

eus leaned close, his lips brushing h

-

stepped inside, a familiar scent stopped her cold-wolfsbane and jasmine. Her sister Aella's perfume. Across the cou