Lily read the message three times before the full weight of it settled fully into her chest. "They want me. Not as leverage against you specifically. Because of what I am."
"Hunters have always feared shifters with unusual bloodlines," Ethan said, voice tight with barely restrained fury. "Whatever gift you carry from your mother's line that light, that power we don't even fully understand yet, it makes you exactly the kind of target they've historically prioritized eliminating or capturing."
"Then I go," Lily said immediately. "Whatever they want with me, I'm not letting Marcus die, and I'm not letting them start hunting innocent people who have no idea any of this exists."
"Absolutely not," Ethan said, fury replacing fear entirely now. "We have twenty four hours, Lily. That's time enou
