Chapter 116

Selene

Fear was an ugly thing.

It slithered under the skin, made the air taste like iron, made every breath feel like it could be the last. And for the first time since I had stepped foot back into this cursed pack, I felt it crawl over me.

Alaria was at my tail.

She wasn't even supposed to suspect me, and yet here she was doubting me more than anyone else did.

Kai was alive.

He wasn’t supposed to be. I saw the way that Claire had him. I knew that he should have been dead.

The one foolish mistake that we made was not check whether or not he had died, just assuming that he did.

The thought of him being alive gnawed at me, clawed until my chest ached. If he lived long enough to speak… if he remembered anything… if he saw anything…

The door creaked, breaking my spiral.

And for a split second, I frowned when I saw her walking inside.

Amelia.

She looked half-mad as she staggered into the room, pale and dr