ARIA POV Where the heck was Ryner? They were supposed to meet at his home, but he clearly forgot. Or, perhaps he was preoccupied with a certain female captain. I smirked. I still couldn’t believe that both Ryner and I had found our true mates through all of this. Part of me wanted to be happy, and my wolf, Lyra, certainly was. But at the same time, it was hard because it took Frankie to die, and Oliver went on this monstrous killing rampage for our mates to come here. How could I possibly be happy about that? It hurt. Every single day, I wake up and check my phone expecting Frankie to message me a good morning text, but there isn’t any. Then reality set back in, and I realized that I had failed to keep my promise to her long ago. When Frankie was revealed not to be a wolf, Lyra and

