rthwood pack weren't

y kind words. Instead, they watched me like I was a burning

ly saw me. And honestly, that scared me m

–

inin

eel before the sun rose

ough or his body was being defensive against the wind. He moved like he was born for battle, striking

ontinuously until I held my gaze. Before

Step

ed. "Ex

fight," he replied, his voice sharp like

stay," I shot back

ense my challenge in his eyes. "T

down, I knew he wasn't wrong. I really wasn't ready. Th

was anything but kind. "

rs-not a healer or a girl with a broken heart. Every strike of his I defe

fused to

perhaps pain, or maybe it was the part of me that still wanted to matter to someone, that wan

hey ignited little sparks of fire. He smirked, as h

u're angry," h

odd

" Then he walked away, leaving me shaking

o were watching the fight

since Castillo broke

–

Dream

-but this time, it wasn't just

an's

er the bond, and the b

ithout skin, crawling from beneath the ice

the cabin, with his sword at hand. My chest was

as it some sort of trance?

odd

xactly wha

, the woman's tiny voice, and that feeling of something

ooking at me and without a word, he pulled off his shirt

ss from my bed, his swor

you doing?

door," he re

something

feeling

llowe

sleep with a we

ld see the reflection of the

slept in

se left me

vy. I pulled the blanket around

I whispered. "Why don't you

expressio

" he said. "And she betrayed my pack

ank. "She

wolf loved her. But when it mattere

replied not knowin

stood up. "It m

ith his hand on the door frame he

ybel. Something my wolf can't overlo

at him, his eyes lit with burning desire, and for a moment I thought he would come grab and kiss me.

ng low. Aether ran out to join the warriors. His domi

coming in, not ro

the leader of the Blue

eath stuck i

like always, and that fierce gaze that cut right through

last thing I ever

to come back ho