The tires crunch on the gravel as Lior pulls the car onto the long, winding road leading away from Lunaris.
The woods on either side are a blur of green and brown, the trees standing sentinel as we drive further and further away.
A sense of relief, fragile but present, begins to bloom in my chest. We did it. We actually left.
I've always wondered what it was like to leave...and now we did it.
But even as the miles stretch between us and the pack, Nox’s words echo in my head, a persistent, unwelcome guest.
"He’s using you, Tamsin."
The accusation hangs there, heavy and unsettling. It can’t be real, can it? Lior… Lior loves me.
He risked everything for me. He fought his own Alpha and best friend. That has to mean something, right?
I must be quieter than I realize because Lior gla
