world whirled in slow motion. For a moment, the roar of blood in my ears drowned out everythi

has a

ng symbol

e's an

as I tried to concentrate despite the pain and adrenaline fog. Someth

I tugged at the fabric. It curled in an ancient, flowing script that I was unable to de

es gav

was wat

bin on the outskirts, cleaned up messes, and fetched water. And yet here I was, glowing like

print. To return to my shad

lpha Harold." "Wha

yes were hard and unforgiving, and their robes fluttered in the wind. With

stumbled, his eyes as wide as mine, "I-I don

ourse. because

icular, "I don't understand." Like dr

er in a storm, Aira

yet. Bu

e feelings I was experiencing were genuine or just illusions brought on by my panic. Howe

g interest, her arms folded across her chest, golden curls bouncing. That look was familiar to m

ced at me like a hundred

was enchan

s a r

lf after all. She mig

we exp

p her i

s if I were sick? A

voice rigid. "Lyra Jackson, please l

respond? I had no idea why the mark had appeared. That even I didn't get i

y broke up like r

a new presence ste

de

Pack Alpha

s he walked with predatory grace, his pierc

d. I had never seen

tall, and

ked up. The air grew heavi

clared, "S

ords was greater th

of Caden's declaration pierced the confusion of the crowd wi

clearly shaken, and said, "A

nyielding. "Someone has claimed he

she

fri

k on my shoulder to flare. My skin knew who he was. I felt a deep longing for him. However

I was ju

, "You can't mean to take her."

yes fell upon her. "But

became ee

ompletely engulf

a few inches away. I smelled him-power and war, cedar

aden's. Join

anted to talk, to debate, to inquire

only nod

was no longe

laimed me a

id in that moment, surrounded by wolves who now looked a

-

ound during the trip

id not

sol

illy orde

every look. Nightshade was nothing like Moonblade Pack. It was more severe. colder. Its wolves were

inside the Alpha's manor, a spr

a gu

ng to

vanished into the night, lea

less painful, the mark's pulse was still insistently alive. In the hopes that it wo

the truth i

o longer

changed with

uld never be