Chapter 0325

I shook my head. “What we need to focus on is stopping Jane once and for all, and getting my wolf back.”

“Then let’s go,” Julian said.

“Go.where?” Nicholas asked.

But I knew where he’d meant. “Veronica.”

By the time thee three of us knocked on Veronica’s door, it was close to 3:30 in the morning. Yet she opened the door like she’d been expecting us. She was still wearing her clothes from the day before. Maybe she hadn’t been to bed yet.

She stepped back, giving us room to enter. “Come in.”



Her lights were on. A pile of books was stacked tall on top of her desk, with a second pile beside it.



She looked between the three of us. “Something happened.”

Quickly, I gave her a brief account of events. Julian nodded along, chiming in where he could. Nicholas stayed behind, frowning at her. He hadn’t liked being kept out of the loop with Veronica’s identity. I supposed I couldn’t fault him for not trusting her right away, considering.


When I reached the point in the story where Jane shifted into my wolf and attacked me, Veronica perked up. When I said, my wolf/held back, she stopped me.

“It was going to kill you,” she said.

“I think so, yes,” I said. I was proud of myself for keeping the tremor out of my voice. It quaked my hands instead.

Nicholas finally stepped closer. He came to my side and took one of my shaking hands in his.

much as bat an eye at his movement. Her full focus was on me now. “But then it backed off,” she said. “Yes.” Suddenly, she clapped her hands together. “That’s it!” I’d never seen her emoté so openly, so I watched

“That’s what, Veronica?” he asked.

Nicholas kissed me again, on the forehead this time. I closed my eyes to enjoy the press of his lips.

“I’m heading up,” Julian said. “Going to send for the guard. You two going to be alright…?” Julian glanced at us, then rolled his eyes. “Never mind. Stup id question. Just try to separate before the bigshots get here, okay?”

Nicholas glanced down at me. The blood had smeared at his lips. I imagined I had a lip- shaped blood stain on my forehead.

Maybe I should have been appalled by that thought. I wasn’t.

“No promises,” Nicholas said.

“The wolf never fully bonded with Jane,” Veronica said. She spoke quickly with excitement. It still belongs to Piper in its heart. Else it would have followed blindly and killed Piper without a second thought.”

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