phin

come home. He didn't even send a mind-link. The sprawling Alpha's ma

g, joyful images. Livia and Kaelan laughing at a cafe. Kaelan helping her move boxes into the lakeside villa. Kaelan's hand rest

dulled into a cold, heavy numbness. I stopped

he Moon Goddess, her silver light shining down on two wolves. It was the only object in the entire house that symbol

ys compensation for some cruelty Livia had inflicted, or for a holiday he had spent with her instead of me

st a loose panel in the wall. I frowned, pressing on it. It clicked o

ath hi

ved piece of wood, a woven charm of herbs, a painted stone-and pour my energy, my hope, my love into it, praying to the Moon Goddess for Kaelan

corner like garbage. They hadn't even been unwrapped. Seven years of devotion, of pouring my s

rned to ice. There were no tears le

foolishness, when his voice suddenly broke into my mind. It w

ming party at her new villa

if he felt the need

invited. The pack car is

ordering me to go celebrate the woman who had take

ips. I closed the door to the secret r

my mental voice as cold and empty