***Katherine pov***
The mirror rattled as Katherine slammed her palm flat against its surface. The reflection staring back at her wasn’t serene or flawless—it was fractured, trembling with the shimmer of broken glamour. For one moment, her true nature flickered through: not the poised wolf the pack saw, but the witch-siren hybrid with eyes glowing too bright, lips parted in a snarl that was anything but human.
“No,” she hissed, pressing harder. The spell laced around her began to hum, threads of dark magic weaving through her veins. But no matter how tightly she clutched at it, it slipped like water through her fingers.
Her song had blanketed the pack last night—she’d felt them bend to her will, every mind softened into obedience. Every mind except two. Bane and Lizzy. Marked, mated, sh
