Marina returned to Bloodfang territory at dawn with her daughters wrapped against her chest and Obsidian's final lesson burning in her mind.

Shadow-death. The ability to erase someone from existence.

She'd refused to learn it. Refused to become someone capable of unmaking another soul. But Obsidian had smiled like she'd passed another test and sent her home anyway.

Now she stood at the border, feeling the pack magic recognize her through the mate bond. Feeling Silvain's presence exploding toward her at a dead run.

He burst through the tree line in wolf form, his red-brown fur gleaming in the early light. The moment he saw her, he shifted to human...