Chapter 159

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Audrey trained relentlessly over the following weeks.

Ever since it truly hit us that she was the Silver Star, she'd been filled with a new sense of determination that I couldn't even begin to put into words. Her days would be stuffed to the brim with classes and the six work and studying and fashion projects, and then her evenings would turn into a veritable battlefeld of sweat and labor.

Each night, no matter how much I tried to tell her that she could rest and relax, she insisted on training.

"Thave to hone my senses, she would insist. "Tran't explain it, but.. It feels like there's this thing inside of me. A great power And I have to learn to control it. To stop Coldclaw

There was no use in arguing with her. She was more determined now than she had even been working on two fashion shows. More determined than I had ever seen anyone.

But sometimes she went too far. Some nights, she would push herself so hard that she would pass out asleep on the couch before I could even bring her dinner, and I would have to carry her to bed. And then sometimes it was way too far. Sometimes, I think she came close to the edge of breaking herself in some unseen way. For good

We had been practicing her ability to slip into my mind that night. She had made her way into my consciousness to find a particular memory that I would try to keep hidden from her, locking it away behind thick stone walls,

The memory itself was innocuous enough-simply a childhood memory of playing on the playground with my sister. But I kept dodging her, trying to see if she could still navigate my mind when I didn't want her rooting around in there.

When her nose had started to bleed, however, I couldn't bear it anymore.

"Audrey, stop!" I said, shaking her gently. "Your nose is bleeding"

She blinked, coming back to herself as if she had been a very, very long way away. "Oh," she said breathily, touching her nose with a trembling hand. "I. I didn't even notice."

I handed her a tissue. "We're done for the night."

Her eyes flashed silver. "I'm fine-*

"No, you're not. You need to rest, too, you

know."

"But Coldclaw-

have my

in the bathroom to clean

My Silver Star.

Fiona's memories, my wolf had smelled it on her. "Silver Star," he had growled on repeat all night, so much so that I couldn't sleep. It

Fiona was the Silver Star. I didn't know why or how the hell they

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had cleared up the confusion surrounding Fiona's obsession with marrying me. With becoming

it wasn't simple attraction or love that had driven her

mated, would become incredibly powerful-and highly sought-after. A pack with someone as powerful as the Silver Wolf would essentially be led into

as its Luna. And no wonder they wanted to combine Coldclaw and my pack. Crescent Moon. These things combined together would make Coldclaw unstoppable. But Fiona wasn't the Silver Star, and apparently they didn't know that it was actually Audrey. This was a good thing. We would have to keep Audrey's true nature a secret, at

use her abilities as Silver Star, how to control them, because her power

about to let

him to gather a few weeks ago. He handed me a file folder. It seemed a little pointless now that we knew for certain what she was,

certificate from the orphanage," he said. "It details her suspected age, her birthday, her

Audrey's suspected birthday were incredibly close. Just three days apart, to be exact. Likely a coincidence, but I couldn't help but think back to that book we'd found in the library. The one that

about her first adoptive mother?"

He handed me the paper. "Meredith was actually one of the employees there. But she died when Audrey was around ten

let out a little sigh. A

Charles added, reaching into his pocket. He pulled out a

locket, I pushed the button to open it. Inside was a faded picture of a beautiful werewolf woman holding a toddler Audrey. Meredith,

to get permission to look through Meredith's old office at the orphanage and found this in the bottom of a drawer," he

running my finger across the locket. Seeing a little Audrey like that, so

been that happy forever, not subjected to such abuse in her next home. I pocketed it, planning to give it to her later. Surely she'd be thrilled to see it. There's more," Charles said. "The orphanage agreed to blacklist Audrey's

"What is it?"

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"Well, the orphanage has fallen deeply into disrepair since Audrey was there as a kid. The new headmistress is greedy and cruel. The children seemed very unlippy when

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