His breath came hard. “You’re supposed to be nothing—”

For a second, the room held still.

Chase clutched his bleeding arm. He stared at me like I was something impossible. But the fear in his eyes faded fast.

That was the exact moment the wolf's power bled out of me.

I shoved up onto my knees. My knuckles went white around the broken candlestick. I desperately tried to keep the jagged metal between his dagger and my belly.

But the strength drained away in a heartbeat. Agonizing pain rushed in to take its place.

A vicious cramp knifed through my womb. It folded me in half, stealing every ounce of...