ARYA

My mind was racing. Beside me, Maya was silent. We were in the garden after eavesdropping on Daxton and his brother, and the words I'd heard were endlessly echoing in my mind. I'd believed Alpha Daxton to be a ruthless, unfeeling monster. Why would such a person want to kill himself?

"Did you know about the mark of the stone keeper?" Maya asked, closing her eyes.

"Daxton mentioned it to me once. But I didn't realize what it meant until today," I told her, and she ...