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When Reyna's bonded mate is murdered by his own pack, she runs-not just from the killers, but from the truth. Calen wasn't who she thought. And neither is she. Grief tears something open in Reyna's blood. Something old. Something hunted. Marked by the spiraling magic of a long-extinct bloodline, she becomes the most dangerous kind of werewolf: an Echo Alpha. But her power is unstable. Her rage is growing. And the forest she's hiding in isn't safe-it's listening. With the help of a cold rogue named Lazric and her best friend Jez, Reyna begins to survive. Then she starts to fight. Jez's latent magic begins to wake. And the one who ordered Calen's death-Silva Tenrae, high ritualist of the Draven Pack-is coming for them both. As blood memories rise, Reyna must choose: control the beast inside her... or let it consume her and everyone she loves. Because Echo power doesn't just awaken. It remembers. And it burns everything that tries to bury it. She's not just here to survive. She's here to bite back.

Chapter 1 REYNA – The Ring Still Fits, But He's Gone

They buried him on a Monday. The sky was overcast, colorless, like someone had drained the warmth from the world. The wind didn't move. The trees stood still. And I stood next to a hole in the ground trying to remember how to breathe.

Calen Draven. Twenty-eight years old. My fiancé. My almost-husband. Now, just a name on a headstone and a silence I can't fill.

I didn't cry. Not because I wasn't broken-I was. But the grief didn't come in tears. It came like smoke. Thick in my lungs, sour in my mouth. It settled behind my eyes and burned, but nothing fell.

They said it was an animal attack. A bear, maybe. Some freak encounter him in the woods where he liked to run. The sheriff said there were claw marks. Deep ones. That was all they told me.

They didn't mention the symbols. The ones scorched into the bark of the trees where he died. They didn't say anything about the way his body was found-not just torn, but arranged. I read that part in the report I wasn't supposed to see. I wish I hadn't.

The funeral was small. Calen never liked big crowds. The Dravens were there, dressed like the grief was tailored onto their bones. His mother wore black lace and pearls, but her face was sharp. She looked at me like I was the crack in the picture. Like I didn't belong next to the hole they were putting him in.

I wore the ring.

It felt heavy. Not like a symbol of love, but like a question no one would answer. The silver was warm against my skin, but my fingers felt cold.

Jez stood next to me. She didn't speak. Just slid her hand into mine and held it, solid and still. She smelled like citrus and old smoke. Her buzzed hair was dyed electric blue again. It clashed hard with her black funeral shirt, but that was the point. Jez never blended in, and Calen liked that about her.

"You okay?" she whispered, voice low enough that only I could hear.

I nodded. Lie number one of many.

The minister said something about eternal rest. About peace and memory and letting go. I stopped listening. My eyes stayed locked on the coffin as it was lowered into the ground. The finality of it didn't hit. It didn't feel like he was down there. It felt like he was somewhere else, stuck between.

When the ropes tightened and the wood disappeared below the earth, something cold ran down my spine. My skin pulled tight. I wasn't alone.

I turned slowly, like looking too fast might scare it away. At the edge of the cemetery, just past the crooked gate and half-dead trees, there was someone standing in the woods. Far enough that I couldn't see a face, but close enough to know they were watching.

Tall. Still. Like they belonged to the forest. Like the trees grew around them.

I blinked.

Gone.

"Did you see that?" I asked. Jez looked where I pointed, but the space was empty.

"See what?"

"Nothing," I said, swallowing the unease. "I thought-nevermind."

The crowd began to thin. The Dravens didn't speak to me. Calen's mother laid a hand on the casket before she left and whispered something I couldn't hear. His father wasn't there. He never liked me. Maybe that was mutual.

Jez walked me back to my car. The gravel crunched under our feet like bones breaking. My hands were shaking and I didn't know when that had started.

"Do you want me to come over?" she asked. "I could make tea. Or pour whiskey."

"I think I need to be alone. Just for a bit."

She nodded. Jez always knew when to push and when not to. She hugged me, tight and fast, then stepped back.

"Text me when you get home. If you don't, I'm calling the cops. Then probably breaking in."

"Noted."

She left. I sat in the car for a long time with the engine off, hands in my lap, staring at nothing. The ring caught the light once. It looked too bright.

I thought about Calen. The way he used to run his fingers through my hair when he thought I was asleep. The way he would hum under his breath when he cooked. The way he smiled when he looked at me, like I was the one thing in the world that made sense.

I thought about how the sheriff wouldn't look me in the eyes when he handed me the death certificate. About the scorch marks on the trees. About the shadow I saw at the funeral.

This wasn't over.

It didn't feel like an ending.

It felt like the start of something worse.

And deep in my gut, something whispered:

This wasn't an accident.

Whoever did it?

They're not finished.

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Chapter 1 REYNA – The Ring Still Fits, But He's Gone

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Chapter 2 REYNA – They Say It Was an Animal

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Chapter 3 Lazric – She Smells Like Ash and Silver

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Chapter 4 REYNA – He Knew His Name Before I Said It

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Chapter 5 JEZ – I Don't Believe in Ghosts, But I Believe Her

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Chapter 6 REYNA – I Don't Know If I'm Afraid of Him or Me

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Chapter 7 REYNA – The Smell of Ash

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Chapter 8 Lazric – Wolves Don't Mourn

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Chapter 9 REYNA – He Lied, But They Lied Worst

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Chapter 10 REYNA – I Don't Belong to Him

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Chapter 11 LAZRIC – I Should've Killed Her Sooner

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Chapter 12 REYNA – They Want Her, Too

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Chapter 13 Jez – This Isn't My Voice

20/08/2025

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Chapter 14 Reyna – The Voice That Shouldn't Be

21/08/2025

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Chapter 15 Lazric – The Name That Burns

21/08/2025

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Chapter 16 Lazric – The Knife Between Choices

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Chapter 17 Jez – A Passenger in My Own Skin Darkness.

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Chapter 18 Lazric – Between Fang and Fire

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Chapter 19 Reyna – Between Claws and Ash

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Chapter 20 Lazric – Teeth Beneath Ash

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Chapter 21 Reyna – Bound in Blood

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Chapter 22 Reyna – The Hollow Cage

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Chapter 23 Lazric – Chains of the Bond

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Chapter 24 Reyna – The Cage of the Bond

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Chapter 25 Lazric – The Breaking Point

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Chapter 26 Reyna – The Howl That Breaks

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Chapter 27 Reyna – The Hand That Calls

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Chapter 28 Jez – The Weight of Secrets

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Chapter 29 Jez – The Forest Veil

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Chapter 30 Reyna – Awakening in the Coven

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Chapter 31 REYNA - The Weight of Shards

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Chapter 32 Reyna – The Hidden Lesson

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Chapter 33 Jez – The Wolf's Shadow

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Chapter 34 Reyna – The First Lesson

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Chapter 35 Lazric - The Weight of Echoes

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Chapter 36 Lazric -The Hunt Beckons

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Chapter 37 Lazric - Shackles and Choices

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Chapter 38 Lazric - The Weight of Chains

02/09/2025

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Chapter 39 Reyna - The Fire Between Mirrors do

03/09/2025

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Chapter 40 Reyna – The Mastery of the Howl

04/09/2025