LOGINIt might be the last time I ever heard him laugh. Mother was killed soon after.I couldn’t protect her, but I will do everything in my power to protect my people. Starting with killing three Sun Warriors and getting one step closer to finding my mole.I release the arrow, but I don’t watch the elega
OwenAfter Tresalia has enthusiastically agreed to join the war efforts against the Sun Warriors, I head northwest toward the outer border between Tresalia and Quartane. It’s not particularly hard to convince anyone to go to war against the humans, what with the continued werewolf killings.That and
Then again, it would have been disastrous for the kingdom if I ended up with a human, and the daughter of the most fearsome Sun Warrior our people have ever known at that. I would have been blinded by my love for Amelia and never understood how terrible humans could be.I would have been wholly unpr
OwenDiego wanted to join me. But I couldn’t let him come. I sent him with Father to the eastern territories instead.Diego’s still my number one suspect as our mole, so I need him as far away from my plan as possible.I bounce atop my trotting horse through Dosian toward the beginning of the Red Fo
I make sure he eats, that someone offers to take care of him for the night. Tomorrow, we’ll talk to him more and send out scouts to see if he has any living family members left alive. If not, there are a lot of families here ready to adopt another child orphaned by werewolves.He’ll be okay.I have
NatashaOnce the First Quarter is back in view, I slow my jog to a walk for the comfort of the child on my back. He’s not hurt, so we’re not in a rush now that we’re almost back to the village.Sebastian and the scout from today’s run hurry past me, carrying a man between them. He was conscious when
DiegoI come to with the distinct sensation of a knife pressed against my throat. With my eyes closed, I can tell I’m on my knees on some uneven ground, my ankles tied together. My arms are tied to something at each side, pulling my arms wide and straining my shoulders while I was stooped forward, u
AmeliaTwo weeks. I’m expected not to see Owen for the next two weeks.Two weeks of training with Isaiah and Raleigh, of coming back to wash off the sweat, then eat alone in my room.Two weeks of waiting to find out if my own mate wants me more than he wants his other mate.Two weeks of waiting to f
OwenI can smell Ava before I see her. The scent mixes with memories of being in love with her, of envisioning our future together. I wonder briefly how we went from that to where we are now, and I know I’m to blame.Ava appears in the doorway to my bathing chamber. I don’t look at her, keeping my e
OwenBy the time I’m in Tresalia, I’m starting to question this entire plan.After the last time I made my way through the territories, back when I was searching desperately for a clue to the missing werewolves in an attempt to save Amelia’s life, I knew I had become disconnected from the people. I







