Two months after Richard's expulsion, Evie woke to screaming.
She bolted upright, heart racing. Beside her, Gideon was already moving toward the window. Outside, the night sky glowed orange.
"Fire," Gideon said. "The south storage building."
They dressed quickly and ran outside. Pack members were already fighting the blaze, forming bucket lines from the well. But the fire was spreading fast, too fast.
"This was not an accident," Jayden said, appearing beside them. His face was streaked with soot. "I found accelerant containers. Same as the Purist attack months ago."
"But the Purists stood down," Evie said.
"These are not Purists," Victoria said grimly. She held something in her hand, a piece of metal that glinted in the firelight. "I found this embedded in the storage building wall.
