Victory tasted wrong.
Reign stood in the fortress courtyard, watching her wolves celebrate. They'd won. The siege was broken. The Shadow Alpha was captured. But something gnawed at her instincts, sharp and persistent.
The Fire Prince found her brooding by the walls. "You should be celebrating. We just did the impossible."
"Did we?" She watched the Shadow Alpha being led to the cells. The woman was smiling. "She gave up too easily."
"You unmade her shadowmeld. What choice did she have?"
"She could've run. Could've sacrificed her forces and escaped." Reign shook her head. "Instead she yielded. Like she wanted to be captured."
"You're overthinking this."
Maybe. But Reign couldn't shake the feeling.
That night, the nightmares started.
Reign woke gasping, frost coating her hands. She'd
