y

ten wolves. I hated it here. I hated that Elara, my best friend, was forced

the peeling paint of her

cause Elara was wolfless, I couldn't just reach out to her through the Mind-Link.

aint scent-usually a soft, barely-there jasmine-was soured

my Warrior strength, I kicked

red with a loud

oom was a mess, but I only had eyes for her. I rushed to her side, pulling the cover

er pale cheek. Lingering over her skin wa

I growled, every syllable

her bruised cheek. She squeezed her eyes

ic of her mattress. "Because of Cadence? That venomous viper!" I spun toward the door, my

ands gripping my legs with surprising desperation. "Don't

ed her chin. Her eyes, usually so submissive, flashed with a spa

bled over a sacred Moon Goddess prayer. She sobbed about the healing salve she'd spent weeks making for his inner wolf, only for him to throw it into the fire, sneering that Alpha power came from blood, not Omega trick

you tell your parents?" I demanded, kneeling to grip her

h. "She called me. She... ordered me t

ore. "They'd probably hand Cadence a silver dagger to finish the job if it meant

th settled in her eyes, finally extinguishing the l

p. I wasn't going to let her rot in this dark

closet and throwing the doors open. "If you're going to reject a future Alph