WOLVES WITHIN WALLS

s had faded to a faint shimmer. Like the dream-and the po

hadn't l

the surface, quiet

hadn't r

or. She looked like she'd walked straight out of a battlefield-broad sh

d. "Lucien said I shoul

eyebrow. "Trai

as all teeth. "

-

unds were nothing

pons. N

ches, with claw marks gouged into every surface.

cloth. "Wrap your hands. U

e... fi

with a snort. "You'd be dead in two s

o w

the thing inside you tha

"Lucien said I'

ook. "Lucien's good at lyi

ould ask more

warn

ment-sharp

l's fist slammed into the stone wall where her

the h

"Good. You're

ving, letting her instincts take over. Some

t win. Not

e didn'

ned her a nod

-

om the shadows abo

n't int

f it was curios

d in a snarl as she dodged Kael's strikes like a wolf bo

ing dan

e doesn't matter?" ca

turn. "She shou

t... her

ack hair, sharp features, and a smile that never reached

n," the man sa

into fists. "What are

ld friends. And

d down to the

Za

he view, voice low. "She

ourse she is. And that

-

air changed when Lucien entere

him was... d

bed, still sore from train

the fight?

di

ell me how ba

and knelt in front of h

s brushed t

You di

n his eyes. Somethin

ay," he murmured. "Bu

that guy wh

ien

saw

He smells like.

sharpened. "T

o is

a. Exiled. Dangerous. And interested i

art kicked

es power. And h

in the wall. Firelight danced across his

The one who believes wolves should r

nd

eve in b

voice softened. "Yo

"I believe in keep

stepping into his space

fraid of w

t they'll do to you

demanded.

r died before the war began. Or so we thought. But blood doesn't vanish

aught. "Why didn

e I wasn

nd

aned c

till no