Keith

Hope is shaking in my arms, but she’s here.

She’s alive.

For one fragile second, that’s all that matters.

I crush her against me, breathing her in like I’ve been drowning, and she’s oxygen. Her fingers fist in my shirt, clutching hard, as if she lets go, I’ll disappear again.

My Lycan presses forward inside me, pacing, restless.

She is ours. Protect her. Kill for her.

“I’ve got you,” I murmur against her hair.

But even as I say it, my eyes are on the dome in front of us.

Because this isn’t over.

Inside, beyond the electrified barrier, Tirianna is still trapped with Elira.

And the Heart.

The...