Aria to Alpha Magnus.

"She wants to go with a friend

me with us but we're leaving as soon as the day

fore the door closed, Selene's voice cut thr

..." The lat

shaking. Lina caught her. "What did I just agree to?" Lina didn

ttle bundle in her hands. She didn't have much so it's not a surprise to her at all. She

. She entered with Lina following behind her. The carriage

She didn't cry. She had cried enough between the meeting chamber and dawn, sitting on the edge of her bed wh

hand, murmuring reassurances that felt rehearsed. "It's going to be better there. You'll se

on Lina. "You say it like you don't understand

This is better." Aria looked back out the window. "Yes. You've s

ngside the window on a dark horse. "We're stoppi

Beta." Ethan ignored her a

searched his face for judgment or pity but found

y." She replied

eplied without wai

d, and Lina watched him go. "He s

n two ancient roads. A stone well stood at its center, cover

her bones before her feet touched the ground

st on its doors. Selene emerged first. Her cloak was lined with white fur. She str

ion. His grey eyes swept past Aria without stopping. She was less than the f

piece into her mouth, and it tasted like ash. Some minu

dark teeth biting into the grey sky. Lina fell asleep. In sleep,

he way Lina had said Selene's name. Kept ringing in her ears. Th

re. But beneath it, something stubborn refused to die. Not hope,

black heart, sat Nightfang. Dark stone walls rose from the valley floor. Towers jutt

ed toward the windo

hind them, the iron doors slammed shut. The carri

ved in the shadows; no one greeted her, not that she was expecting it tho

her hand on his arm as it belong

d hers across

ession flickered as if he wanted to say so

arm. "The east wing? What's in t

he disappeared into the dark corner of

e was just blank. "I'll s

the east wing?" She ask

d." Ethan met her eyes;

. "Rogues, Traitors, Wolves who were a threat to the pack. The

ext to prisoners?" Li

n locked up a long time, long enough to lose their minds." A cold chill ran down Aria's spine. "Keep you

out," Aria fi

ot kindness, Something closer to respect. "Welcome to

eath the east wing, in cells that hadn't seen daylight in year