Her Rogue wolf

weight of the rogue queen's gaze on her, heavy with expectations and cruel certainty. Ivy's grip on her dagger

holding on to that naive belief that you're doing this for the right reasons," she continued, her voice low and

he fought to push the weight of Astrid's

lone wolf in a world that doesn't care about your survival. You're running out of time, out of options. You think you can kill every rogue and keep your hands clean, but you're

t her life fighting against. The rogue queen's offer felt like a poison sweetened with the promise of a future she'd never

he had ever believed in, sickened her. No matter how much the temptati

" Ivy spat, her voice cutting

age beneath the queen's composed facade. "You think you have a choice?" she asked, her voice colder now, mor

y's throat, but Ivy barely had time to block with her dagger, the force of Astrid's attack knocking her back several steps. Pa

at Astrid's side. But the rogue queen was faster, her body twisting and dodging with unnatural prec

f fury shattered the sil

xo

queen sprawling into the dirt. The impact was bone-crushing, but A

ogue?" Astrid sneered, her si

from someone who had long ago abandoned all notions o

Jaxon Emberfang. You've got the heart of a rogue, but you've got more hon

ting nothing. But you? You're about to fin

breath hitched as she watched Jaxon stand between her and Astrid. There was something in hi

nc

r

dwell on. Not when Astrid was still s

enom. "You can't protect her forever. In the end, she'll have no choice b

ipped a beat.

ce was grim, the shadows in hi

" he replied, his

ferocity that sent her staggering back. The two were locked in a blur of claws and teeth, each one trying to outmaneuver the other. Ivy's heart pounded as she watched

th a look of pure malice. "This is your last chance, Ivy," she warned

thought, but she didn't fli

ced by a snarl of rage. "Th

couldn't be swayed-not now. She wasn't some pawn to be moved around on a

hunger gleaming in her eyes. "Then w

from over. And it seemed that both her survival and he