Varek’s POV
Lizzy slept like someone had cut the strings holding her upright.
One moment she was standing.
The next, her body surrendered and she collapsed onto the mattress, limbs heavy, breath ragged. Holly gasped and rushed to her side. Thalia checked her pulse and nodded once.
“Exhaustion,” she said. “She pushed her wolf far beyond what any new Lycan should.”
Lizzy had only been in our realm for weeks. Weeks. And she had reached deeper into her nature today than many do in decades.
But her body paid the price.
Her breathing steadied. Her lashes barely fluttered. A faint glow pulsed at her wrist where Nyra settled back into the quiet of her subconscious.
Kai and I sat at the small table across from her bed.
We stayed there for hours.
Kai flipped a dagger between his fingers li
