Eve’s POV The hall had never been this full, no one saw this coming! I’m talking about me, I never saw this coming! Blackthorn and Hartmann in the same space. Wolves muttered under their breaths, their shoulders and jaw tight. Hartmann warriors stood fixed while Blackthorn’s wolves stood opposite them, alert and ready, obviously exhausted from the weeks of fighting and surviving whatever spell the Hartmann’s had placed on us. This should have felt like progress, some type of deep breath even, but instead it felt like they had just ignited another fire I was beside Malik, our shoulders touching, he offered me a warm smile with a grounding nod. Dorian stayed at the center of the room, stiff and unreadable. Astrid…well she was somewhere at the far end of the room, her arms folded, she di

