Nina I locked eyes with the rogue leader. He was standing apart from the rest, and his glowing yellow eyes were fixed unwaveringly on me. I knew instantly from the way he looked at me, and the way that my wolf reacted strongly inside of me, that this was his plan all along. He thought that he coul
Enzo “Nina, please run,” I pleaded with her as I began to feel myself shifting. “Go with Luke.” Nina stared back at me with wide eyes, but Luke nodded behind her. I shifted, feeling confident that he would get her out of here. I knew that she wanted to fight, but there were way more rogues than w
Nina I felt myself begin to shift just as the rogue caught up with me. The feeling was overwhelming. It felt as though the world was spinning around me, and I was just holding onto the earth for dear life. I dug my fingers down into the frozen soil and groaned as it felt as though my bones were gr
Nina Finally, I shifted for the first time. All of my agony melted away and was replaced by enhanced senses. Everything appeared brighter, smelled more intense, and I could hear for what felt like miles. Not only that, but I felt stronger than ever; and my mate was in trouble. The rogue leader
Nina Just when I thought that I was going to lose Enzo, the power of our mate bond allowed me to heal him. He sat up and pulled me into his lap on the forest floor, and when we finally pulled away, I couldn’t resist the urge to laugh out of pure joy. Even though the rogues were possibly still out
Nina As we walked back to town, it seemed that what Luke and the others had said was true after all. All of the rogues had left when their leader howled, and thankfully, not much damage was done. People seemed shaken up, but other than that, no one was severely injured. “If anyone needs medical at
“Enzo, the entire town just showed up to fight,” I said. “The people here are good people.” “Okay, sure,” Enzo replied, stopping once more to face me. “But that doesn’t mean that we should just turn everyone into werewolves.” “Wouldn’t it be voluntary, though?” Jessica suddenly chimed in. “We coul
Nina We held the Claiming ceremony that night at the cabins. It was a new moon, and the sky was dark. At first, I didn’t actually expect many people to show up — if any. But slowly, as the night went on, more and more people flooded in. Most of them were students from the campus aside from a coup
Nina The warm summer breeze brushed across my skin as I stood on the patio, clutching my robe tightly around my body. Laughter and splashes echoed up from the pool below, where our friends were already gathered for our big end-of-summer party. I should have been down there too, soaking up the ve
“What... what do you mean?” He braced his hands on the doorframe, leaning in closer with a heavy sigh. “I mean, by the time I caught up to them this morning, I only saw them long enough to get that photo before they were boarding a speedboat and taking off. Hell, I’m still not even totally sure wh
Nina My breath caught in my throat as I pulled open the front door expecting to see excited party guests, only to be immediately met with the sight of Luke’s grim expression. His brow was furrowed in a deep frown, his lips pressed into a tight line—clear signs that something was very wrong. “Luk
Nina I huffed out a breath as I hoisted the oversized cardboard box higher in my arms, carefully navigating my way through the living room. Strings of fairy lights poked out haphazardly from the top, and I could feel the weight of glass jars and other assorted decor inside shifting precariously wi
Then, at the last possible second, the scout seemed to find an extra burst of speed. He surged forward, hurtling between two towering oak trees and vanishing into the cover of the forest beyond. “Dammit!” I slammed my palms against the rough bark of the nearest trunk, powerless to do anything but
Enzo The crunch of leaves and snap of twigs echoed through the trees as Matt and I tore after the Schreiber scout. Our breaths came in ragged gasps, the hot summer air burning our lungs. Overhead, a little red bird chirped and flitted through the green canopy of trees; Daphne. But even she wasn’
Shaking my head, I turned without another word and stormed out of the fitting room. I took the two strides across the hall to Jessica’s fitting room and knocked on the door, folding my arms across my chest. “Jess? You in there?” There was a muffled thump in the fitting room, followed by the soun
Nina “How’s it looking in there?” I called out, rapping lightly on the wooden door of Jessica’s fitting room. “Um… decent, I guess?” her muffled voice floated back a moment later, although I could sense the uncertainty in her tone. “Decent? That’s it? Come on, Jess, this is your wedding gown w
Had I really known him at all, I wondered? Or had I merely been too self-absorbed and naive to see past the facade of unshakable command he projected? After a long silence, I found my voice. “Why didn’t he ever tell me that?” “He didn’t want you to see his weakness, I suppose,” Angelica replied