ELIANA'S POV

I should have felt safe when we got back to the pack house. Really, that’s what I kept telling myself on the drive home… like if I repeated it long enough my body would unclench. But the truth sat under my ribs, tight and persistent. Something had been wrong ever since Karen showed up at the resort with that smug little smile and her carefully placed hints about my past.

I didn’t tell Kristen everything right away. I couldn’t. Not when his whole face went stiff the ...