Chapter 255

• Carmen’s vision burned red, her mind flashing with the image of Riley limping, her once-bright ears dulled to silence. It was like a hundred silver-tipped needles stabbing straight into her heart.
• She inhaled sharply, forcing her wolf back under control. Her voice was like ice cracking across a frozen river.
• “Do you think your words change anything now? If you truly knew what you did, you’d be dead already. Death is the only real atonement.”