065 | FIGHT ME

“Nothing?” My voice trembled. “There has to be something we can do.”

“Look around.” Unlike mine, his voice was firm, unwavering in its despair. No – it was thick with acceptance, tragic and terrible. “The only door is locked. No doubt there are wolves waiting behind it, waiting to kill us if we don’t comply.”

Ares sighed bitterly, and when he turned to look at me his eyes were full of agony. What scared me most of all, though, was the lack of fire in those familiar blue eyes; in fact, they were so cold, so distant, that I barely recognised them as his at all.

“There is always a way out,” I said, my breath snagging in my chest. I wouldn’t give in. Not like this. Not to this pack, and their evil Alpha. “We just have to think about it logically–”

“There is no logic here. You should never have followed me, Haile.”

“But they would have killed you!”

“But they wouldn’t have been able to hurt you.”

I crumpled, sinking to the cold stone beside him. “We will get out of here,” I said. “I swear