Rue’s POV

Percy is my second chance？

The answer came in an instant when I questioned my wolf. Yes. He was wounded. His wolf was injured when the outbreak struck. That’s why you didn’t feel him before. But now you do.

My hands shook under the table. I excused myself quickly, murmuring something about the restroom.

Inside the safety of the tiled walls, I pressed both palms to the sink and stared at myself in the mirror. My reflection looked pale, wide-eyed. A stranger.

“What am I ...