(ELYN) "There is nothing there for me."He flinched. "There is. There is me, and Reyna and your mother." "Even with all of you... I still hate it. I never liked it." "But why now? Did the Alpha asshole threaten you or something?" Liam's eyes were fierce and overprotective. He looked at me like he would destroy Ares just to save me from his evil intentions, but I didn't need saving. Not from Ares, at least. "No, he doesn't threaten me. In fact, he wanted me to get the hell out of his pack." "So come back home." "It is not home. It has never been home to me, Liam. Home is a place where you feel safe and secure and warm. I have never felt safe in the Turquoise Falls, and you know it." "You feel safe here?" Liam narrowed his eyes as he gave me a dark look, his lips pressed together in distaste. "I do. And you need to go back, and please don't come back," I whispered. He took a step back from me, looking very offended. His eyes flashed in pain, and it hurt me to do this, but I had

(Liam) My sword fell when I saw Reyna's wolf, Riva bounding from between the trees, her body trembling in anger, her nose flared in anger. I expected her to come towards me, but she swerved at the last moment, and bounded towards the pack house. My eyes narrowed as I watched her. From where she came from, I was almost sure she went to the Silvercrest pack, but why? "Man, I almost killed you," Enzo, my fighting partner and my other best friend, said as he stopped his sword just a few inch from my face, panting. "What the hell is wrong with you, Liam? You don't look like yourself at all, since yesterday. What happened in the Sivercrest pack? Was Elyn really there?" I almost wanted to tell him about Elyn, but I couldn't. I didn't. I had promised that Alpha asshole that I wouldn't say anything to anyone and then Elyn this morning, and I was going to keep the promise, but I didn't want to. I wanted to bring her back here. I didn't know why I couldn't stop thinking about her or the look

(ELYN) Luna Amelia stalked towards me, her steps purposeful, her eyes brewing with her rage, and I watched as my sister stared at us, her eyes bewildered and confused. She didn't move from where she was standing. She was rooted in place as she watched the chaos happening around her. The shock and the flicker of pain in her eyes... I wish I could somehow protect her from this, but her mother was not ready to stop this. She was done pretending in front of Reyna, and I could see it in the bitch's eyes. "You will die here today. I have enough of you and your meddlesome ways. When you are gone, everything will be okay." I felt her claws digging into the side of my neck and I winced in pain when she tightened her fingers around my throat. My lungs burned, and everything hurt as I looked at Amelia and her hateful eyes. There was no life in them. Only pure anger and malevolence. For something I hadn't done. "Reyna - you are hurting Reyna," I whispered as I looked at my sister, who looked

(REYNA) I woke up with a severe headache. Outside my windows, the sky was dark. There was a single yellow light glowing inside my room, and it hurt my eyes. Everything felt blurry and fuzzy, and my fingers felt like they were made of rubber. I winced as I sat up in my bed. Everything looked blurry and the room floated around me. Even through the haze, I registered that something was wrong here. What happened? How did I come to my room? I tried to think, but I couldn't remember anything. The more I tried to remember things, the more I felt like it was slipping away from my grasp. "What happened Riva?" I asked my wolf, feeling the floor shifting under my legs as I tried to stand up. I slumped back to the bed, pressing my fingers against my eyes. My wolf howled. She looked just as disoriented and confused. I grabbed the side of the bed, again, and stood up with great effort, before slowly walking to the opened window. The wind was chilly and cold. I felt like I had forgotten somet

(ELYN) "Go," I said, and he looked hesitant. "Your pack needs you." Before he turned to leave, the door banged open, and Luna Amelia and one of her witch friends walked in. The Witch was just as much a bitch as the Luna. Two wolves flanked the Luna and the Witch as they sauntered in, looking like they owned the place. Ares growled, his eyes gleaming. "Do not shift, Alpha Ares. This doesn't need to be bloody. I only need her. She belongs to my pack, anyway. You give her to me, and I won't touch a single hair of anyone in your pack." "Well... She belongs to my pack, now, and we don't abandon our pack members." It was so damn hard to keep my fucking heart safe after that. "She isn't even a fucking wolf, Alpha Ares. She is trouble. She is only going to complicate your life. Bad things follow her wherever she goes," Amelia hissed as she glared at me. "Give her to me, and I will take her out of your hands." "Oh, she is already bringing me more trouble than anyone," Ares said with a