Chapter 3

Garrett stroked his jaw, “That’s plausible. But I think it’s something else. Your powers didn’t awaken until you were marked, and even after that, it took months. It’s not her powers. I think this is as a result of the pressure she’s currently under. The pressure of having to be the perfect daughter to the most powerful couple in the world.”

Nicole nodded and took another sip of her now cold coffee. “Maybe you’re right,” she said, still not quite convinced.

But he wasn’t. None of them were. But they didn’t know that.

***

Garret was now long gone and so was the content of Nicole’s coffee mug.

She gazed at the empty doorway through which Marisol had exited a while ago with a forlorn look, a sigh leaving her lips.

Her wolf had become more protective of Marisol recently. It was like it could tell that something was wrong. She felt it too, but Marisol continued to prove stubborn.

A shudder runs through her as she recalls the terror that overcame