worn leather-inside it, a set of clothes suited for the wild: tough boots,

dden forever," she said. "No

"Where woul

oice quiet. "Where the storm brews the l

e said. But something in her eyes to

the cloak. I looked nothing like the girl who had been humiliated at th

like some

ding me awa

to my hand. "When the path gets unclear, hold this and listen. It w

ing the stone

hugge

first-then, slo

ou," I w

re's danger ahead. Especially if you fo

-until I crossed the edge of

hing far away. My wolf stirred uneasily as if she recognized it but couldn't

beyond it, the beginning of another territory. The scent of wolves linger

I

thing-someon

if I was caught by another pack's patrol, they might see me as a

t just a ro

ething in

the night when I

wolf pushed forward, her ear

ame th

ethal.

aring my teeth.

rted-and he

wed with silver. Power radiated off him in waves, but not th

like a storm: pin

ph

, studying me. "Yo

shot back, surprise

to Nightveil territory. That take

ur land," I said. "J

. I saw it in the na

hiding s

ing answers," I said. "B

nded, my wolf ready to fight-or flee. But the A

e said. "But not young. Y

lin

Alpha cast

ugh clenched teet

pa

on changed. The harsh line of h

e more wolf

n't r

our name?

.Ka

ed in his express

ha of the Cresce

ories of a northern Alpha who ruled a cursed land, whose pack never bowed t

ood in fr

n't be here

, I'm passi

ere

r the Mo

oment. Then, to my surprise,

ha

make offe

joining y

't ask

-he didn't feel dangerous in the way Kael h

.. gr

lowed

ached a clearing overlooking a valley shrouded in mist. In the distance, n

"My home. You can stay the n

"Why are yo

ake mistakes. And because I know what it means to

dden behind the walls of hi

tared but didn't challenge. No snarls. No hos

of herbs and smoke filled the air. Wolves passed us, nodding respe

me to a qui

safe here

ded s

mates are meant to stay. Some are meant to

hen h

t sleep t

eath my skin. The bond with Kael was gone-but s

ce lingered eve

moonlit cliffs beyond. And for the f

enti

the Moon hadn'

d just rerou

ybe-Lucien was th