Lila’s POV Loud sirens rang throughout the building, nearly rattling my brain, but I knew I had to remain focused if I wanted to get us out alive. Red emergency lights began to swirl around as well. I knew the door to leave this place was near the elevator, but it was surrounded by rogues enteri

Without saying anything, I ripped the page out of the book and shoved it into my pocket. “We can climb up the side. There’s a ledge that leads to the ladder. It’s not a far climb. From the roof we can figure out how to get down,” Sarah said breathlessly. I nodded and ran toward the window just a

Lila’s POV “Enzo!!” I yelled as the dark snake-like tendrils lifted me through the air to be joined by Sarah who was also struggling against the tendrils herself.We were no longer near the roof, but closer to the ground. Jazzy had a bonfire already made in the clearing of the forest and all her su

“Mom and Dad would not want this, Jazzy!” Hazel cried to her sister. “They would be so disappointed in you.” I found myself closing my eyes and beginning to drift off, despite all that was going on around me. There was no air traveling to my lungs and I knew I didn’t have long before completely pa

Enzos POV Alpha Jonatha’s eyes began to glow red with fury as he glared at Jazzy. I could feel his anger from where I stood on the other side of the shield. Lila must have dropped that paper on purpose so Jonathan would see that Jazzy had no intention of helping Sarah. She’s using Sarah for her

“Xander?” I gasped. “What is going on? Where are you taking me?” “I need to get you out of here and to safety,” he breathed. “My only task is to keep you alive!” “What happened?” I asked again, trying to wiggle myself out of his arms. “Where’s Enzo?” When Xander didn’t answer, I low growl esca

“Lila!!” My mother yelled. “You need to get out of here. It’s not safe.” Lightning shot out of her claws as she zapped a rogue dead. Shadows emerged from the ground and began to fight around her, shielding her from more rogue attacks. She positioned the shadows to cover me and Enzo, protecting us

Enzo’s POV I was stabbed deep by one of those snake tendril things. I felt pain for the first couple of seconds and watched as blood soaked my entire body and dropped to the ground below me. Lila was released and she fell to the ground. Thankfully, Bastien was running toward her and caught her.

Before she answered she turned toward Max, lowering herself and holding her hand out to him. Max stood and walked toward her, bowing his head in front of her so she could stroke her long slender fingers through his thick fur. “This is where your wolf chose to come,” she finally answered. “A place

I had a gaping hole in my stomach, and it was clear I wasn’t alive, but she still shook me and pleaded for me to wake up. But then Lila said something that made me freeze. “I can’t do this without you, Enzo. I’m pregnant with our pups. You can’t leave us… I love you….” My entire body froze.