I steadied my limbs. Lily stood behind the other two werewolves. “Didn’t I warn you to be careful of Gavin? Why don’t you ever learn?”
I looked at that ever-present sweet smile of hers, and my molars clenched so hard it hurt.
I gathered myself to attack again, but Gavin suddenly stopped. He shifted back into human form right in front of me, retreating a few steps, as if… waiting for something.
The air dropped into a heavy silence.
The surroundings grew unnervingly quiet, and then footsteps—heavy, deliberate—echoed from deeper inside.
Closer and closer.
I lifted my head as a row of robots emerged from the shadows, metal joints clicking in perfect, military‑like rhythm.
And at the center of that formation—stood Daniel.
The moment I froze, Lily and the three werewolves retreated witho
