“What about the pack?” Fariya’s voice rang through the hall, her words sharp as a blade. “This could be our chance—our finest chance—to avenge our families. We take Anthony’s daughter, just as he took ours.”

Her eyes blazed with hunger for blood. Around her, the arguments swelled, voices clashing like waves in a storm.

And yet, in the corner, Bella sat apart. Silent. Unmoved. She stared at the fish drifting lazily through the vast aquarium built into the wall, her reflection ...