Megan POV

I step back in alarm, “D- The guy who saved me from the wolf pack.”

Something in me warns me to downplay whatever little relationship I have with Jack. A small voice in my head is telling me it won’t end well for me.

was it?” I’ve never seen Balin look like this.

His eyes are icy in a way that makes my blood go cold.

“I – I don’t know,” I stammer. “He just saved me from that wolf pack, and he brought me here, and then he left.”

Jack, wherever you are, don’t come back!

“Where did he take you?” Balin demands, and I point in...