Chapter 5

Winter wind tore across the border.

I stood on the human side of the broken stone line, two Hale guards blocking my way.

Serena had been right about one thing. Twelve years ago, facing wolves like these, I would have trembled. I would have lowered my head. I would have let them drive me out.

Then Noah called for me again from inside.

The wolf that had slept inside me for twelve years opened her eyes.

I steadied myself against the boundary stone and forced my shaking legs to carry me back toward the territory.

Ronan’s Alpha pressure still weighed…