Agnes Elijah swiftly sent the rogues away, their handcuffs rattling around their wrists as the warriors led them to the pack cells. Once they were out of our sight, I let out a shuddering breath and dropped my hands back to my sides. “I can’t believe that Ava would send four rogues after me,” I breathed, hardly even daring to say the words out loud as if that would somehow make it all that much more real. “I mean, she always hated me, but this…” Before I could finish, Elijah swung toward me and grabbed my shoulders. “She won’t hurt you again, Agnes.” Something in the intensity in his gaze made my breath catch. I opened my mouth to say something, anything, but no words would come out. She won’t hurt you again. Time and time again, Elijah proved just how fiercely loya

