Conon

I climb the stairs, two at a time, replaying in my head the conversation I had with Tristan and Tatiana.

Caleb has been my friend from the moment he found me in the forest, in my wolf form, tied to a tree with silver chains. A muzzle was on Taos’s face, and despite his best efforts, he could not set us free. I thought we would die there, next to the tree where my stepmother and her spawn of evil left me to rot, but Caleb found me while he was looking for a territory to claim as his. He not only saved me and gave me a permanent house, but he became the brother I never had and I always needed. Losing him is like losing a part of myself.

And now Kitty Kat is leaving.

The hell she will.

When I reach Caleb’s old room, where Kitty Kat is staying, I enter directly, not bothering to knock on the door.

Rain is sitting on the bed, her gaze staring at the wall in front of her, agony like I have never seen before reflecting in her eyes. Sky sits next to Rain, and pain spears through my heart. Lif