~ RONAN ~
I watch my mate step into our cabin. She has refused to put away the laptop that contains the letters Magnus gave her. She’s practically hugging it like it’s some kind of lifeline.
The trip from the hunt to her parent's property had been a quiet one. When we arrived, she exchanged a tearful farewell with her stepparents, climbed into my car, turned on the laptop, and continued reading.
Every emotion pulsing off her—fear, hurt, despair—hits me like a blow. I touched her when I could, easing her turmoil in the only way I knew how. Now that we’re here and she’s finished reading, it’s time we talk—about what she learned and where we go from here.
The full moon hums in my blood, tugging at the wolf inside me, but I push it back. I could smell Lyra’s shifting energy. I saw the wa
