Zara’s POV I folded the letter with satisfaction and put it back in my pocket. So, not all was well in Avery’s little paradise. Good. If I had my way, she would never find peace. She had somehow, despite my best efforts, stolen Ryan’s heart, and for that, I would never forgive her. I couldn’t understand where I had gone wrong. In every way, I was better than Avery. I was younger, prettier, faster, and my wolf was strong, whereas hers was essentially nonexistent. I bore Ryan’s mating mark, and I had claimed him on the Full Mating Moon. By all accounts, he should be wrapped around my finger. And yet his conversation off the back porch echoed in my nightmares. Ryan and the Rogue King teaming up to get back the useless girl who was rumored to be the Moon Goddess Heir. I snorted.

