CAUIS It must be the claiming season. That’s the only reason I can give myself right now, because nothing else makes sense. Nothing. Not with the way my chest is tight, not with the way my wolf is prowling and scratching at the insides of my ribs like he’s been caged for years, like he’s starving. Not even the way I'd told her to stay away from those two. But that’s impossible. It’s supposed to be impossible—because I made it that way. I did what no one dared. What no one even thought was possible. I went behind the Alpha’s back, behind the Luna’s too. The great Caius, the good doctor, heir, and loyal pack member. They’d skin me alive if they knew. And maybe I’d let them, because what I did wasn’t just betrayal. It was sacrilege. I created a way out. A way to silence the madness. A me

