Avery’s POV
By morning, I knew what I had to do.
I couldn’t escape on my own. Not with guards watching my every move, not with Asher breathing down my neck, not with this silver ring keeping my wolf subdued. I needed help.
And the only person who could help me was Gideon.
I hated that, after everything, I still needed him. But this wasn’t about love anymore. We needed to survive—both of us. Despite what he’d said, I didn’t want him to die here. I couldn’t just leave him.
Once we escaped, I would take my mother and disappear into the human lands. Gideon could have his freedom, and I would have mine. We would never have to see each other again.
But first, I had to find a way to get us both out of here.
I spent the morning pacing my tent, running through the plan in my head. I needed a
