oe

e the handicap stall

ged, and my skin fel

Omega was like trying to stop a m

with a dull, th

re-Shift str

ppens at eighteen, a brutal process where

e Wolf bloodline, my wolf had remained dormant

ted vibrating

flashed on the

my burning forehead aga

match?" Lilian's voice was sharp,

h, forcing my racin

dn't find out?" I asked, kee

houted, her voice echoing through the speaker.

ou sold my medical reports to the Silver Moon Pack

ilence on the othe

s tone shifte

adopting the weak, pitiful

obbed. "I just sent yo

d with a messa

away from my ear

ian's younger sister, lying i

e, and dark, unnatural

"Just go to the hospital and give the

n my chest, ho

d, the memories of the surgical table f

luminating its trembling tip. After a two-second pause, I pressed

inks and splashed free

the mirror, my ref

my human brown eyes flashe

of the Wh

o deep I thought she was a myth. But now, fueled by rage and the unshakeable

n, I was back at my desk

air over to my cubi

airs causing a huge scene. She is crying and t

pped

ineteen years ago

t up, realizing the

to the floor-to-ceiling win

ilian was putting on a

looked slightly worn, and she

k, sorrowful Omega ph

es, but the emotional frequency mad

had already gathered around her, looki

eep an eye on he

ed onto the basement loading dock, I slipped out behind a departing delivery truck. Keeping my collar pulled hig

otato chips, watching Lilia

minutes, the crowd

diately sto

a number, and a greedy, satisfi

e familiar black SUV

ed out, his face a

her posture submissive but

signer jacket and pulled o

ed it t

d clearly see the stacks of human cash and the

y of the werewolf elite, used

d the entire transaction, zooming

ope into her purse, bow

k into his car

ked down the street befor

own at my desk, m

ers brushed against a thick, unfamiliar paper. A brown

the one Julian had

d it ca

medical report of Jada

eport was a small

heavy, suffocating sc

ome, her death

gotten close enough to slip this into my bag. Close enough to touch my things while I thought I was the one watching