~~XANDER MORTAIN~~

~~THE ECLIPSE PACK~~

The two hours at the cottage were a slow-motion execution.

Every time I blinked, I saw Anika’s pale face. She had looked at me with more hatred than she had ever felt for anyone. It was a look I would have traded my soul to erase.

I dodged the main gates. I wasn't in the mood to run the gauntlet of a thousand judging eyes or the silent glares of the guards. I slipped through the stone archways.

"Marek," I rasped, leaning against a marble pillar as the curse clawed at my throat. "The Gallery. Tell me what’s going on."

"The guests are gone, Alpha....