Darren and I looked at each other again. I felt the buzz of our Mindlink humming to life, a form of communication that we rarely used.“We should give it to her,” his mental voice echoed in my mind. “Anything she knows would be too important to pass up.”My jaw twitched. “She tried to—”“We’ll keep
Aria“The Alpha King is… Darren Avarise. With Luna Aria by his side.”The room erupted into a mixture of cheers and tense murmurs as Wendy announced Darren’s victory. I felt a strange sensation in my chest. This wasn’t how I’d imagined our coronation would go, under the threat of imminent attack. I
But, just to avoid appearing too obvious, we stationed our usual guards at the gates. It had to look like a normal night, with the regular patrols active.Three and a half hours after I’d left the clinic, Dr. Edward appeared at the door of the council chamber, looking exhausted but triumphant. In hi
AriaThe first gunshot rang out just as the sunrise touched the horizon.I froze, my breath catching as several more shots followed in quick succession. Within seconds, the morning air filled with shouts. The quiet village we’d turned into a trap erupted into chaos.The medical team I’d been assigne
We were halfway to the house when a high-pitched scream cut through the din. I froze, my head snapping toward the sound.A child’s scream.“Take him,” I instructed the others, relinquishing my hold on the stretcher. “I need to check that.”I ran toward the sound, rounding the corner of a building. T
DarrenThe last of the gunfire had finally died away. Blood and sweat dripped down my face, stinging my eyes as I stood over the human commander, who now knelt on the ground with his hands tied behind his back. Around me, other warriors had subdued the remaining soldiers, forcing them to their knees
She nodded slightly, closing her eyes briefly. “Good.”I turned to the doctor hovering nearby. “How bad is it?”“The bullet embedded in her shoulder,” he explained quietly. “There’s significant tissue damage, but no major arteries were hit. Thankfully she was in her wolf form when she was hit, so it
Aria “You really broke up with your boyfriend on Valentine’s Day? Why?” “He’s married.” I tilted my head back and swallowed the shot of tequila. It burned going down, numbing my senses, but that was exactly what I wanted tonight. “What?!” I sighed, suddenly grateful that the thrumming mu
She nodded slightly, closing her eyes briefly. “Good.”I turned to the doctor hovering nearby. “How bad is it?”“The bullet embedded in her shoulder,” he explained quietly. “There’s significant tissue damage, but no major arteries were hit. Thankfully she was in her wolf form when she was hit, so it
DarrenThe last of the gunfire had finally died away. Blood and sweat dripped down my face, stinging my eyes as I stood over the human commander, who now knelt on the ground with his hands tied behind his back. Around me, other warriors had subdued the remaining soldiers, forcing them to their knees
We were halfway to the house when a high-pitched scream cut through the din. I froze, my head snapping toward the sound.A child’s scream.“Take him,” I instructed the others, relinquishing my hold on the stretcher. “I need to check that.”I ran toward the sound, rounding the corner of a building. T
AriaThe first gunshot rang out just as the sunrise touched the horizon.I froze, my breath catching as several more shots followed in quick succession. Within seconds, the morning air filled with shouts. The quiet village we’d turned into a trap erupted into chaos.The medical team I’d been assigne
But, just to avoid appearing too obvious, we stationed our usual guards at the gates. It had to look like a normal night, with the regular patrols active.Three and a half hours after I’d left the clinic, Dr. Edward appeared at the door of the council chamber, looking exhausted but triumphant. In hi
Aria“The Alpha King is… Darren Avarise. With Luna Aria by his side.”The room erupted into a mixture of cheers and tense murmurs as Wendy announced Darren’s victory. I felt a strange sensation in my chest. This wasn’t how I’d imagined our coronation would go, under the threat of imminent attack. I
Darren and I looked at each other again. I felt the buzz of our Mindlink humming to life, a form of communication that we rarely used.“We should give it to her,” his mental voice echoed in my mind. “Anything she knows would be too important to pass up.”My jaw twitched. “She tried to—”“We’ll keep
AriaDarren and I watched through the small window in the door as Dr. Edward conducted tests on the amber liquid we’d found in Raven’s pocket. Dr. Edward carefully extracted the liquid from the vial, dropping it into a small device for testing.Two hours had passed since the incident in our bedroom.
I pulled back, confusion outweighing the repulsion.Had I declined Aria’s calls?No, I distinctly remembered giving Raven my phone while I was cutting branches, then finding it dead later before Aria had ever called me. But as Raven leaned closer, her scent enveloped me completely, making my memorie