Dustin stood rooted to the earth, his fists clenched so tight his nails pierced his palms. The clearing blurred with dust, light, and chaos, but his gaze never left the white wolf.
Bree.
Maverick prowled inside him, restless, howling, pressing against Dustin’s chest so hard it was difficult to breathe. "Ours. Do you see her? Do you feel her?"
He did. Moonlight shimmered across Bree’s fur like liquid silver, and every pulse of her power rattled the chains around Dustin’s heart. Chains he hadn’t realized were still shackling him, whispering Katherine’s lies, binding him to fear.
But the sight of Crystal—of Bree—shredded those bonds.
Katherine’s shriek jolted him back. He saw the hybrid in her full horror now—scales glinting across her throat, twisted runes scarring her arms, her wolf au
