PERSEFONE POV
Kyan’s wolves stared at the empty space where their Alpha had been.
Some whimpered.
One started to shake so hard his teeth clicked.
Penny stood with her hands still lifted, chest heaving, gold crawling over her arms in wild veins.
Liam left the enemy he had pinned down and sprinted to her, stopping right behind her, close enough to catch her if she fell, careful enough to let her decide whether she wanted to be touched.
I thought that had been her first intentional kill.
And even filled with rage, even knowing he deserved to die for what he had done, I knew my sister was feeling the hollow it left in her chest.
Liam placed a gentle hand on her shoulder.
Penny turned into him.
Only half a step.
Enough.
He wrapped one arm around her waist, and I saw Cerberus looking
