k black car, stolen silence heavy between her and the man who called himself her guardian. Kael Thorne drove like the road didn't ma

ds trembled

her skin, damp with

to mirror Kael's presence. "What was that back there?" she fi

ce at her. "A te

hoed. "They tr

nce. "And t

answering anything. Why were t

ired than annoyed. "I'm a Lycan.

d. "Like...

the movies. We are older than that. Stronger.

of you. I'm just... me. I get bullied, I have zero f

own fire when they touched you. That mark on your skin? It's your

an arch of trees. It led to a cabin, remote and dark, nest

w. But you need answers. And yo

still ached from the run, the fall, the fear. Bu

ire already crackled in the hearth. Kael to

. The mark wil

. "You've see

nod

nly once. On

ilted again

ther i

t not before she swore an oath

into the bathroom. She locked the d

split by a line like a scar. It wasn't just a symbol.

ming. Fire raining from the sky. A throne made of b

d to her kne

sto

e mirror, her hea

she whispered to

broke th

ed: "It's starting.

door slowly. "W

very creature in the hidden world knows who you are, E

rs brushed th

burn. It throbbed lik

remember," she s

ed grimly

are, more problems will appear, more ene