Serena’s fever pulsed beneath her skin, a constant reminder of her unbound fire witch powers, but the amber tonic from Olivia and the charred pendant from the Witch’s Sanctuary gave her just enough strength to keep moving. Hart’s desperate confrontation—his admission of fear and demand for loyalty—had ignited her defiance, but his warning about the cloaked figure and “others” seeking her blood chilled her. The moonroot ritual was her only hope to cure her illness and balance her magic, and the Shadow Woods, where the herb grew, called to her. But with the cloaked figure stalking her and Hart’s obsession tightening its grip, she needed allies and strength more than ever. Austin’s standing offer of sanctuary with the Shadow Pack felt like a lifeline, despite the mate bond’s pull toward Gary,
