Blood trickled down my scalp, along my neck and hair, pooling on the floor.
I didn’t move. I just stared at Evelyn.
Her face wavered in my b****y vision, everything stained red.
She panicked.
It was like she finally realized what she’d done.
Her hands shook; the stone slipped from her fingers and crashed to the ground with a heavy thud.
“No, it’s not—it’s not like that...” Her voice trembled, as if she were begging someone. “I only wanted you to stop. I didn’t mean to...”
She didn’t finish.
Buzz—
Everything went black. I lost consciousness.
It took Marcus a long while to react. “Call the Pack Doctor! Go!”
Under Rose’s orders, the omegas hurried to lift me and carry me into the palace.
Before she followed, Rose shot Evelyn a long, cold look.
She’d never imagined a mother could
