PENELOPE POV
I couldn’t believe my very own brain.
I knew that voice.
Holy f**k, I knew that voice.
This couldn’t be happening.
This couldn’t be true.
A snake, right under our noses?
For years?
Hell, for decades.
How the f**k had we missed it?
My lightning scattered uselessly around him.
Again.
Blue-green sparks.
Pretty little failures.
They slid across wet leaves, kissed frost, vanished into soil that drank them like it had been thirsty for years.
Liam had recognized him too.
I heard the snarl rip out of his wolf when he called me his pretty little princess.
I needed to throw up.
My stomach churned so violently I couldn’t stop myself from gagging.
Cerberus snarled beneath the vines, massive body straining against the thorns cutting into his fur. Blood ran down one forel
