Lysa's POV Over the past few days, I had been doing one thing almost obsessively. Researching werewolves. Every spare moment I had—between classes, during lab breaks, late at night when I should have been sleeping—I was hunched over my laptop, searching for information about werewolves. At first, it had only been curiosity. I kept telling myself that what I had seen in Jason's apartment had to have some kind of normal explanation. Maybe stress. Maybe a hallucination. Maybe my mind is playing tricks on me after everything that has happened. But the more I searched, the less convincing those explanations became. Transformation during full moons. Glowing eyes. Supernatural strength and speed. Territorial behavior. Pack hierarchies. And marking. Biting a mate to create a

