Aurora stood frozen in place, her eyes still locked on the spot where Ursula had vanished. Her heart beat like a tempest of feelings, anger, bewilderment, mistrust, and above all, fear. Her breath made its slow, sharp inroads as her wolf ran through her, equally vengeful and frantic. Never let Sage claim you… or you will die.

The sentences rang in her ear like a spell she couldn't dispel. Her nails penetrated her palms, her gasps coming between two short, violent intakes of breath. How could ...