orn..

tice when I sat down at the dining table. The only reason I stayed

I couldn't m

dn't shift

ackson call

orn princess" nonsense. None of that mattered. All I wanted-

blond guy said, the one acting like he was in charge. But now, for the first time, he looked unsur

d, cutting him off. "That's why I'm asking-h

s or whatever this whole Lunaborn mess was. Someone in Oakland had messed with

refully, "will wear off soon. You'v

ce rising. "Did you just say forty-eig

-called twin brother-nodded slowly, like i

nscious for t

and is behind what happe

ocking-that someone had purposely cut me off from my wolf, or that t

and now you're telling me someone in Oakland is behind all this, and I'm... what? The last-" I s

my arms. "Alright, I've he

s here, woman. You're in danger. The people behind what happened to you at your cer

ped lower, sha

side, Nyra-you are

lin

ke the others. Just raw, cold truth. A weight to his

stepping closer, "you better stop acting so childi

authority, with passion. I'd only heard a tone like that once before-from Alpha Jackso

ced with rejection. It

ng in me even I did

y mind screamed at me to deny it-to fight back, to call him crazy-but deep down, somethi

he be

really b

r, a sharp knock echoed

one f

toward the hallwa

pecting anyone

e glances, and for the first time, the

eyes locked on mi

th a few bags from the supermarket. Apparently, since I refused to eat anything earlier, she'd gone to g

e. Just enough to calm my nerves. I couldn't afford to trust outs

twins aside. Then he came over

said, his tone unusually g

s already homesick. I couldn't stop wondering how my mom was holding up...

in the woods. No wonder no one could find me. Hidden aw

's shoulder. Judging by the way they moved together, their little touches, their quiet smiles-t

of the path, arms crossed as h

would probably kill them on sight. They'll drop you nearby and stay close, protecting y

ay he said it-like an older brother trying not to sound too concerned. It

now more. And be careful what you eat or drink, Nyra. Whatever's been keeping your wolf suppressed-it's not natural

master. There was something about Ivan's voice-so serious, so p

of the twins

arp and loud, snapping me out of my th

time

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trouble with his fire-colored hair, but he was serious, composed. Apparently, he was second-in-command after Ivan. Frank,

ns. I didn't even know that still happened-how could something as natural as being born together be seen as a curse? But it

s from home, like Ivan said. No on

of the way, but so

range heat building in my chest. My head spun like I was running a fever, but I fo

of my door-restless, pacing, l

nce to make sense of it

vo

ide... but fr

soft but

a