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Killian gently tilts my head from side to side. “I didn’t hurt you,” he murmurs. That’s such a lie. For so many reasons. “Alpha!” A voice booms from the head of the path. Eamon, Lochlan, and Finn. The three douche-kateers. I step back, but Killian’s already dropped his hand and turned toward them. He holds…

“Why are you smiling?” He stalks closer, but not too close. Maybe three clown feet away. I shake my head and literally bite my tongue until my eyes water. “Are you crying now?” “No.” “Have you gone mad?” My gaze flies to his. He’s serious. He doesn’t really joke. To be honest, back in school,…

“No bears around here. Just wolves and rats.” Abertha stands and crosses the kitchen to the fridge. A wave of exhaustion crests over me. “It was humiliating,” I confess to her back. “He asked what I’d done to earn the rank I claimed.” He’s an asshole, but in the end, he’s right. I’ve won no…

Abertha gives me a wry smile. “The same way you do anything. One foot in front of the other. One day at a time.” My shoulders slump. I’m so tired. “He’s my mate.” “He was.” “I just don’t get it. How can he reject me? Mates are fated. Am I wrong? Is this moon madness?”…

“No young,” she says again. I wail. I’m past being able to argue. I can only beg. “Please.” She blows on her palms and rubs them together. “This might hurt.” I’d laugh if I could. She places her right hand against my upper chest, splaying her fingers. She closes her eyes, balancing her weight and…

UNA I wake up in a bramble. I’m not me. I’m her. Us. There are stickers in my fur. Our fur. There’s a thorn in the pad of my paw. It hurts. Everything hurts. The light is too bright. The sun is directly overhead. I’m hot. Burning up. Cramps seize my belly, twisting tighter and…

Abertha scoots back, giving me space. “Well, don’t say I didn’t warn you. Now, shift!” There’s power in her voice. I have no choice. My body buckles, limbs unfolding, and I bow with the intensity and scream. I’m ripped from my own hide. I’m dragged from my form, and there’s no way to stop or…

In my grandfather’s day, she wouldn’t have gone to school. My generation was the first to send the females, and only because Moon Lake Pack wouldn’t let the males go if the females didn’t. At least my father saw the value in education. There were plenty of packmates who thought schooling was a waste of…

I meant for it to be a quick lesson, but I guess my wolf’s got the taste of blood. I have my fist drawn back again when Tye grabs my forearm. When I snarl, Tye immediately drops his hold and shows his neck. I growl from the chest. My wolf flashes his fangs. Tye lowers…

“Humor me,” he says. I swallow. My throat is still tight, and my mouth is bone dry. I’m scared, and my wolf is flinging herself at the walls, desperate to get loose and jump on him-I’m not sure whether to claim him or rip him a new one. She’s out of control, and I can’t…