AvaUnbeknownst to Chris, I wasn’t asleep. In fact, I wasn’t even close.I stood in the doorway, my claws extended and fangs bared at Patrick. My heart was racing, adrenaline pumping through my veins. How did he get in here? What did he want?“Calm down, Ava,” Patrick said, his hands raised in a pla
I felt sick. We had imagined that it would come to this, but hearing it laid out in front of me, seeing the stony truth in Patrick’s face… It was all too much.Without thinking, I crossed over to the sofa and sat, the knife falling slack between my fingers.“What about the blight?” I whispered. “Doe
AvaOf course, I didn’t sleep a wink that night.Rather, I paced back and forth in my living room all night, my mind racing with the information Patrick had shared. The soft ticking of the clock on the wall seemed to mock me as the hours crawled by.Throughout the night, every creak in the house had
To my surprise, Leonard let out a bitter laugh.“Not anymore,” he said, pulling out his phone.My stomach dropped. “What do you mean?”Leonard pulled up a video and handed me his phone. “I’m assuming you missed Chris’s press conference last night, since you were… busy. Just watch.”I pressed play, m
ChrisI woke up early the next morning, the unfamiliar hotel room coming into focus as I blinked away the remnants of sleep. For a moment, I reached out, expecting to feel Ava’s familiar warmth beside me, craving the sensation of her skin beneath my fingertips.But the bed was empty, and reality cra
I took a deep breath and launched into my presentation, clicking through the slides that I had carefully prepared the day before.“What Ophelia and I are proposing today is a new hybrid business model. One that utilizes the efforts of both human and werewolf scientists to create GMOs that can greatl
AvaLeonard and I knew we couldn’t tell the Elders about Patrick. There would be too much time wasted on bureaucracy before we could come to a decision about hiring him, and if Elise or any of the other Elders was the mole, then it would be too dangerous.So, I made the decision to keep Patrick hidd
“Leonard, what the hell are you doing here?” I asked, rising from where I crouched by a section of wall. “You should be resting.”He waved a hand at the window, where the sun was setting. I hadn’t even realized how much time had passed. “You’ve been in here for hours, and… I can’t just sit at home w