hind. Her fingers trembled as she packed, her mind racing. When she reached for her dra

cate band, but to Dara, it was priceless. It had been her most cherished posses

After a moment's internal debate, she tucked it carefully into her bag. She couldn't leave

when a knock came at her door. Dara's heart leapt to her throa

without ceremony, their fac

a pen down onto the table. "You're to write a letter. Tell Leo you never love

ing her vision. With a heavy heart, she began to write, each word cutting deeper than the last. She barely

e letter carefully and placed it

as d

no turning

the room that had been her home, her prison, and her sanctuary all at once. He

topped for a moment, her heart aching, her eyes

r choice. Survi

he men ushered her inside without a word. She cli

nst her heart. She didn't know where they were taking her. She only knew that fear sat heavy in her

-

Bayle stood on the balcony, watching

her," Bayle said with undisguised ve

y, a smile that didn'

made Leo believe in himself again... this is the last mercy I can grant her." She

obediently, but ins

ade arrangements beh

under his orders. And Bayle'

-

a deserted dirt path surrounded by thick woods. The night air was cold

nd Dara, heart hammeri

efore a sharp, horrifying sound pier

fr

men-Austin-

other man, Luke, hissed in alarm

in didn'

t Dara, grabbing her roughly and d

uggling wildly against him. Her crie

en, torn betwee

muzzle dripping red. He shifted back into his hu

ders," he said w

when his eyes flicked toward the spot where Dara sho

ell...?" Lu

d his expression shifted

silver light of the f

s. Her body was battered and

g inside her

, and her entire frame seemed to s

growled, his body beginning to shift

transform, a sharp, agon

it the silence, raw and animalistic. The two men could only watch, stunned, as her body

t as the fragile girl they had intended to

Ly

mere

nster of

red silver under the moonlight, her fan

me to shift into their wolves

reams of terror, the sounds of s

he screams be