The Price of Salvation

RONAN'S POV

I jolted awake to the taste of copper in my mouth and the scent of ash heavy in the air. For one blessed moment, my mind was blank—then the memories hit like shards of broken glass.

Valerie.

Her face transformed in my mind: from the friend I trusted to the monster with blood-slicked fangs lunging at Sienna's throat. I saw my hands moving, felt the surge of power, heard her final, betra