Mikhail:
Melissa saved the three of us, showing up when she did. There is no way Ripley is going to walk away now that Melissa did this to her. She has no choice. The drive back home is a terrible one. I had acted on impulse when I had pinned her to the car. Rip has never acted towards me that way and it got out of hand faster than I had time to process. I can't believe I did that to my sister. Melissa materialized next to me. If Rip hadn't done that couple of hundred times since she's learned how to control the shadow, Melissa would have scared the s**t out of me.
"Mikhail," she breathed out. "Do you think she'll do the right thing?"
I glanced at her. She looks as defeated as I feel. We left her in a pack filled with strangers. She's never been, good with strangers. When vi
