Chapter 13

SIX YEARS AGO

RHYS

The woman’s laugh echoed around us. I sat back on my heels, reeling my head back in case she was contagious. Her body still shook with what I imagine was shock, but she threw her head back and laughed louder.

“That was insane!” she laughed.

The voice. Fuck me.

“What the hell was that thing?” she asked.

She met my gaze with the most beautiful coloured eyes I had ever seen. She stole my breath. One second, I’d been thinking how crazy she was; the next, I was hit by lightning. In the dying light, her eyes almost looked gold, like Ares’. They sparkled with a hint of excitement even after what she had gone through.

And there was something more. Something terrifying.

I thought I was the scariest thing in the forest, but this woman... There was danger coming out of every pore.

“You shouldn’t be out here this late,” I growled.

“Who are you? The Lake patrol?” the woman snorted, and she giggled again.

Wet strands of her hair fell across her face. Most she-wolves p