Violet's POV
About Five Months Later
"No, and don't say anything else-I mean it," Caleb snapped, his voice sharp with authority. I narrowed my eyes, fighting the overwhelming urge to flip him off. Alpha or not, he was still my brother, and if anyone deserved a good middle finger, it was him.
With a dramatic sigh, I rolled my eyes as he stomped off, radiating his usual overbearing energy. Tomorrow marked another full moon-the second-to-last before my birthday. Like clockwork, Liam would be taken away for the two days leading up to the moon and the two days after. It was the same every month, but last time, his cries had pierced through the night, carried on the cold wind all the way from the pack's jail. The sound had gutted me, leaving my heart in tatters.
We couldn't keep going li
