I stood frozen, staring blankly at the narrow beam of light seeping through the crack in the door. My heart had shattered into fragments. If I had been smart enough to listen to my instincts, I would’ve bolted from that castle—escaped the pack’s territory entirely. But I remained still, refusing to accept the truth of what I'd just overheard.

“I’d love to watch that b*tch suffer and die,” Dante said, clasping his hands together with a sinister laugh.

Enzo’s cold ...