Chapter 14

Audrey & Edwin

Audrey's POV

The moment my fingers touched the blank pages, text appeared. I watched in awe as the scrawling letters curled across the white paper, almost as though written by an invisible hand.

I have to be dreaming, I thought to myself as 1 slowly stood, my eyes fixed on the page. Surely I was asleep, otherwise, this would never be happening

But even so, I carefully carried the book over to a nearby desk and sank down into the leather chair. Furrowing my brow, I pulled the lamp a little closer so that the soft amber hue illuminated the page. "The Silver Wolf," I read softly under my breath.

My fingers traced the page as I began to read. The strange text had stopped moving, now appearing to be printed just like any other book. For a moment, I wondered if it was some kind of special paper- perhaps it reacted to the oils in my hand and the invisible ink was exposed.

Either that, or the book was magic. Fat chance for that, I knew.

"The ancient Silver Wolf is an enigma in and of itself," the book began. "A shifter with immense wisdom and power, the Silver Wolf has the ability

The longer I read, the more I felt a strange sensation overcome me. According to this book, the strange werewolf known as the 'Silver Wolf was an incredibly powerful ancient being that possessed the ability to telepathy and other forms of mental manipulation.

But that was only the beginning of it. Apparently, when mated, the Silver Wolf would enhance its entire pack-

those who served under the Silver Wolf would see boosts in strength, intelligence, speed, and many other things.

"The Silver V Wolf alway's manifests as a woman during her reincarnations," the book continued as I turned the page. "Essentially, the Silver Wolf is the chosen Luna of her pack."

“Huh,” I muttered to myself, my finger lingering on that word- Luna. The female leader of a pack, an Alpha's counterpart.

But that wasn't all "The Silver Wolf, although ancient and powerful, could also trigger a battle amongst Alphas for dominance. Of course everyone wanted her as his Luna-

provide the entire

silver hair. Some say that

Instinctively, my fingers fl

to touch my hair as

lips. Silver hair...

dying my hair black for as long as I could remember ever since my parents had adopted me, they had been teaching me how to

the rare occasion that I stepped out of the house with my silver roots showing, I would get all kinds

But now

the book shut. To think that I, a human through and through, was the reincarnation of this ancient being was utterly ridiculous. I didn't even know where this book came from Sighing, I stood and returned to my cleaning-if only to get that strange book out

the evening dusting shelves and cleaning up books, taking solace in the soft feeling of the leather spines against my fingers and the scent of paper in the old library. Here, where the bod towered up to the ceilings and the small

that my cleaning lasted well into the night without even meaning to. Eventually, my feet grew sore. I sank down

that if I just closed my eyes for a few moments. I could

it, I was drifting off

* 4:35 PM

Chapter 14

pulled the door open to the library and peered inside, finding it mostly dark. Only the night librarian remained-an elderly woman named Maeve who, as I had already figured out in my first couple of weeks teaching at Grayspring Academy, never looked up from whichever book she was

wasn't

strode past the desk and

taking out the occasional book on art history or design concepts to flip through for my next lesson plan. My fingers trailed over the spines as I made my way through, slowly tucking My feet

of her arms, her eyelashes brushing her cheekbone as her eyelid twitched in a dream. Even from where I stood, But

more than a blouse with a vest over the top

books down and shrugged my jacket off. My wolf

like her,"

too

"For you?"

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