LILY
The wolf turned toward me, and I stopped breathing.
His eyes, Ace's eyes met mine across the small clearing. They were still glowing, still holding that inhuman light that made every instinct I had scream danger.
I pressed myself back against a tree, my heart hammering so hard I thought it might burst.
He took a step toward me.
"Stay back," I whispered.
He froze, and I saw something that looked almost like pain flicker across his lupine features.
James groaned and started to sit up, blood still streaming from his nose. When he saw me staring at Ace in terror, he smiled.
"See?" he said, spitting blood. "See the monster I told you he was?"
The words cut through my shock like a blade. Monster. That's what James was calling Ace.
But James was the one who'd hit me. James was the
