Gideon’s howling cry was so soul-shattering that Caelum stopped attacking him and let his stepson mourn what he had lost.

What he had both lost.

Me—and my sanity, and his child with Rose.

Perhaps he will be losing Rose tonight too, just as I have promised them.

“Lilly!” Violet called out behind me. But before I knew what she was going to do, a bullet came shooting for Alpha Caelum.

It grazed his arm. But the bullet found its mark on Rose’s flesh, just below her heart.

"VIOLET!" The Alpha of the Eden Lake Pack called out to the doctor. "That’s the poisonous bullet!” Gideon realized as he stared at...