Lily stared at the photo, dread pooling heavy and cold in her stomach despite everything they'd already survived over the past week. After rogue attacks, kidnappings, formal combat between Alphas, a threat from Vivian Shaw should have felt almost laughably small by comparison. Instead, it landed with its own particular weight, a reminder that even after surviving the supernatural chaos threatening to tear their world apart, the mundane, human consequences of exposure remained just as capable of destroying the fragile peace they'd fought so hard to secure.
"She's had this for days," Lily said, throat tight. "Why wait until now to send it?"
"Leverage works better when you're desperate enough to negotiate," Ethan said grimly, already typing a response before Lily could stop him. "What does
