AMELIA 'DECLAN' She wants me to return… to my death! I never thought my running away would cause anything more than my father’s usual rage. I never imagined it would spread beyond the walls of our home, or that the consequences would spill into another Alpha’s territory. I only wanted to escape. I only wanted freedom. I only wanted to breathe without someone deciding my life for me. But that afternoon, everything changed. I had just returned from training. Zayn had practically dragged me there because he suspected I wasn’t really as sick as I claimed. I smelled like sweat and wet dirt, and all I wanted was to collapse on my bed and forget the world for a few hours. My phone rang. A number I didn’t recognize flashed across the screen. Unknown. My heart jumped. “Not again,” I whispe

