A Veiled Warning

Cassia Rowe

The moment the woman’s body crumbled into ash, the air inside the ballroom turned suffocatingly heavy.

Darius’s arm was a protective steel around my waist, his body shielding mine as the tension in the room coiled tighter. My wolf was restless beneath my skin, fur fuming at the unseen threat that still lingered in the air.

The lights flickered weakly, barely highlighting the stunned fa