We had relocated to a cabin in the woods few weeks before, and while it was very nice, it was tiring.I barely slept that night.

Every time I closed my eyes, I saw his face — Peris’ face — half-hidden in the flicker of my firelight, with eyes that glowed amber like molten gold.

I kept asking myself who he was and why her wolf reacted the way it did. The creature inside me — the part I’d buried since Ivan abandoned me — stirred restlessly, whispering things I didn’t want to ...