ra

The voice floated down from above, rich and measured, the voice

atulations on

I might have managed a response. But fro

ied to steal my rations. The wolf who had pressed his forehead to mine when we were chi

ise-right up until it

pointed to the Pack Council's legal tribunal. The first case h

taken my hands through the bars. His wolf's eyes had been soft, pl

wouldn't last a week in Silverpine. But you-you've always bee

agile.Isabella

en in. I had been survivin

each other in the cold. He had promised to become a lawyer to fight for the pow

od daughter to Silverpi

eship, he had still carried the eager, hungry ne

tegist, every strand of his dark hair perfectly i

dirt road,the click of the door unlo

lid inside, turned my head,

e going home," I

ed. Shame and fury warred in his ey

now this is a

f prison, so they would never hear my name again. I also wouldn't try to

u have no power, no influence, and no one to rely on, the only

eeing he with my own eyes still made me fee

ter to take matters into your own ha

Bentley shot forward like a bullet, carrying me h

was chasing closely behind.

p alongside us,the window slid dow

ind and the engines. "Come wit

road ahead, on the blur of trees lining the highway

es. He didn't give up. He turned his atten

what authority? A pack lawyer who owes h

ride, his eyes pleading with me. "Elara, please. I was wrong five yea

pen

nvisible to anyone else, ran through me. It was

r the first time, I looked a

eness. There was nothing he could recognize. Only a

ed his foot off the gas, slowing the c

tention for consideration. "I know you don'

e," I

noise of the wind, the engines, everythin

s, the pleas for forgiveness, died on Leo's

om Ethan. It was pure mockery, a

rred in his eyes. He wrenched his steering wheel, a reck

. His eyes went cold. He s

life. We surged forward, leaving the Por

's car became a smaller and smaller

finger, I see," Ethan said, his voice

him, you can stop the car no

sing Leo, even as a lesser of two evils, clearly irritated him.

rutinizing look

gaze back to the road ahead. "I just don

ir, a double-edged blad

urned, but it was different now.

pe with Leo, to grasp at any straw of salvation. My cold, absolute rejection of my former

irst time, he was looking at me and seein

che was

osed my eyes. The brief, intense confrontation h

ttle was st