ne's

conflicting emotions. The mate bond between Kieran and Raven should have died with her. And

he had been cold and watchful, his sharp eyes never strayed fa

he atmosphere around us, filled with a feeling we b

mehow taken her place, then, why did

he growing headache. Lately, something even stranger had begun

truck-a brief, disorienting vision of Raven standing on a snowy cliffside while th

sed through me and I felt my hands trembling as they turned the lock, with desperate

her spirit? Was she trying to force her way b

orse? Would I even kn

lf to push it aside. I needed answers, and I wasn't goin

he had been planning something before her death, there had to be something left behind

one stuck slightly when I tried to pull it open. My face contorted into a frown

y fingers along the bottom, I felt the sl

ose, revealing a thin, leather-bound jo

e journal-Rav

thing as I reached

hammering in my chest as I flipped

scrawl, but I managed to read through it. I skimmed through the pag

ust uneasy, not just uncer

tay here m

rting to

t supposed to feel like thi

bled as I turne

fore it's too late.

as I took in the revelation. Ra

way from? Was it from Keiran or the pack? Or

to find out what it was, a s

screamed a warning. By the time I would p

d, a figure lunged

e a knife slashed through the ai

in to bloom along my collarbone. I hit the ground hard and the journal sl

ttacker was. Much to my surprise, it was

were already on me. A hood concealed their face, but their

re here to scare me at all,

rying into the wooden floor where my chest had been seconds before. My

gered at the imp

ursed under

a weapon, but before I could reach out to gra

rst open and Kieran was s

ed all the pretense of finishing the job and

eren't fas

und of bones cracking and muscles tearing apart. And within seconds, a massiv

in's, and they all crashed through the woo

-a scuffle, a grunt, and the sound of

f silence fell

the wreckage around me. The shattered railing, the dee

ain, standing at the edge of the

ment, neither

me. His eyes were extremely dark-a darke

n us in just two strides. His hands gripped my

dangerous. "Who the hell

y were fast. They had a knife with the

cked. In your own chambers. That means someo

fresh wave of d

nown that I wasn't really Raven, and they want

His touch burned my skin but not with pain, instead, it burned with s

his as he wrapped his large hands around

d I felt his voice resonate in my stomach as he kissed me lightly on the forehead, which

hold but I couldn't. I had to remain s