LOGINYARA's povI looked up at the werewolf police officer with a non-focused gaze, and found that although the expression on his face remained calm, his eyes were calculated and shrewd as he studied me."First of all, I would like to offer you my deep condolences for the passing of the Alpha. It's been a terrible past couple of days for all of us in the pack as a collective, but I should reckon that you feel this grief much more deeply."His voice was calm as he spoke, even a bit kind, but it didn't erase how he looked at me.
YARA's POVDaniel was gaining ground on us with each passing moment."You can run, Yara! But I'm going to catch you!" Daniel roared, and he sounded so vengeful that my heart stuttered from the nagging fear that grew inside of me.I could hear the way he swung the axe in the air, and I couldn't shake off the fear that he could simply throw the axe and it would land on either Jeremiah or me.Suddenly I heard him stop running, but I didn't try to look around and see what happened, instead circle round the house and decided that I would jump over
YARA's povI quickly made my way to the closet where Jeremiah was, with as much stealth as I could possibly manage.Every step I took felt deafening in the darkness and I kept expecting Daniel to turn suddenly in my direction.All the while, Daniel kept swiping his axe, hitting the wall several times because he clearly couldn't see what he was doing as he vowed to wipe me off the face of the earth."Damn you, Yara! I'm going to kill you! And once I'm done, I'm going to feed your body parts to the ravens! You foolish b*tch!"My heart was racing, but I couldn't keep my focus on what Daniel wished and dreamed he could do to me. Instead, I quietly opened the closet door, slapped my mouth over Jeremiah's mouth to keep him from speaking out, while I spoke to Daniel to mask the sound of the closet door opening and closing."Threats and more threats, that's all you're good at, Daniel. But it seems it's escaped your notice that right now, we are both like blind men, and I'm the one who is mos
YARA's POVMy heart thudded in my chest as I slowly backed away from him into the corner of the room.Daniel was many things, but he wasn't a wimp. If he was holding out that axe in front of me, it was because he intended to use it. But even then, I had no intentions to make any of it easy for him."I'm not scared of you, Daniel and you better believe that I want you dead just as much as you want me gone too." I spat and looked at him with as much disgust as I could manage.But that was a lie, because I was terrified as hell.But he wanted me to be scared of him and I refused to give him the satisfaction."But don't come here and play the victim as though everything you ever truly did was for me and our child. No, Daniel! Everything you ever did was for you and you alone! You wanted more than you deserved and it was your greed, your disgusting desire for more that pushed you, not me, and definitely not Jeremiah!""You don't know anything! Just shut your mouth!""I know enough. More t
YARA's POV"You animal! How did I never see just how evil you actually are?" I spat, and smiled at me cruelly."Now you see it, and a bit too late too. Because I promise you that I'm going to be the very last person you see before you leave this world. I'm going to kill you, Yara. Then perhaps I could send that silly little pup of yours to join you for comfort."Blood rushed into my head when I heard the threat he made against my son, and I felt my heart beat fast in utter outrage."Not if I kill you first, you bloody son of a gun!" I swore and ran head first toward him, with my hands outstretched to grip his neck."B*tch." I heard him swear and he held out his hand to block me.But I was still able to get a hold of him. I shifted my hands into claws, and struck at every exposed flesh I could find, making him bleed as much as I could manage."Damn it, you little brat!" Daniel roared as he grabbed me by the neck and pushed me hard against the wall. "What? Did you think you could ever e
YARA's POVI looked around the room for a space to hide and left without a choice, rushed to hide under the bed, my heart beating against the floor pads as I listened to Daniel's footsteps raw closer to the room.Each step seemed louder than the last, echoing through my skull until I could barely hear anything over the frantic pounding of my own heart.About a minute later, he pushed open the room door, walked into the room, and stopped several feet away from the bed."Yara?!" He roared, and his voice was laced with irritation and anger. "I know you’re in here, Yara. Your scent is very strong, so just come out and stop playing hide and seek with me."I pressed my lips together and felt my heart rate increase when he walked away from the bed. But he seemed to be only pacing across the room."You're supposed to be dead, you dumb b*tch." I heard him mutter and caught the frustration in his voice. "What the hell went wrong? And where the hell is that little brat anyway?"He stopped moving
Yara’s Pov“You said the cat was missing,” he began calmly. “But Judy tells me you were talking about a neighbor.”“Yes,” I replied, my voice weak but steady enough to sound sincere. “I think she hid her.”Daniel stopped walking. “Why would a neighbor do that?”I clasped my hands together tightly,
Yara’s PovThe words Daniel had spoken earlier kept replaying in my mind, refusing to settle into anything that made sense. Alpha. I always thought he was just a candidate, someone the council was considering. I never once suspected that he had already been elected, already standing at the top of t
Yara’s PovThe moment I stepped away from the camp office, my legs felt weak, but I forced myself to keep moving. My mind was racing faster than my body could follow, replaying every detail again and again, searching for the point where everything had gone wrong.I tried hard to remember things fro
Yara’s PovThe drive to the summer camp felt longer than it should have. I kept my hands steady on the steering wheel, but my thoughts drifted back years, moving in quiet circles I could not stop.Jeremiah had always been a calm child. Even as a baby, he rarely cried without reason, and when he did







