Aria's POV
She scrambled to her feet. "Help me."
Silas didn't answer. She stumbled toward him.
"Please! You gave me this power. You have to take it back!"
Silas looked at her. There was no sympathy in his eyes, only indifference. "You failed."
Claudia stopped. "What?"
"You failed to kill Aria."
Her face crumpled. "I tried my best."
"That isn't good enough."
She reached for him. "Silas, please."
He raised one hand. His fingers closed around the top of her head. Claudia froze, and I felt the air around us shift.
Lydia's fur rose inside me. Aria, what is he doing?
I don't know.
I stared at Silas. He looked nothing like a wolf. His skin had taken on an unnatural pallor, his features sharpening into something predatory.
His eyes darkened until they seemed almost black, while his f
