ARIA WINTERS
"What the hell?" he says, and his eyes go from me to the glowing necklace in maybe half a second. "What is that?"
"I... it's just..." I'm trying to find words that make sense and they're not coming. "It's the necklace. My mother's necklace."
"And it just spontaneously caught fire because?" He's moving closer, and I can feel how angry he is radiating off him like actual heat. "Because you're hiding magical f*****g artifacts from me? From your Alpha?"
"I wasn't hiding it, I just…"
"You just what?" He reaches out and grabs the necklace before I can pull it away. The metal's still hot, but it doesn't burn him. His hand just closes around it and he holds it up to the light, examining it. "This has been warning you about something. Multiple times. And you didn't think to mentio
