~~JOANA~~

~~THE SHADOW PACK~~

Two days.

 

That was all it took to fall in love with a lie. For forty-eight hours, I had lived the life of the Shadow Pack’s lost Heiress. I drank the finest wines, slept on silk sheets that cost more than my father’s house, and watched powerful warriors—men who could snap my neck with two fingers—bow their heads as I passed.

 

Power was an intoxicating drug.

 

I stared at my reflection as I brushed my hair. A triumphant smile played on my lips.

 

It was going well.

 

Too well.

 

The Shadow Pack elders bought it hook, line, and sinker. My plan was unfolding perfectly.

 

All I...