Novels by Tinkerbell

POV: Asha“I’m not necessarily saying it is.”That did absolutely nothing to calm me.Ry?I felt a faint hum at the back of my mind, and relief instantly flooded me.A question pressed against the back of my teeth, one I didn’t want to think about since Zade left. I hesitated. “Do you know much about mate bonds?”Hera’s head turned toward me, and I immediately regretted asking while she was still in the room.Hestia, on the other hand, only looked curious. “I would hope so.”“Can a wolf be wrong?” I rubbed my thumb against my palm.“Wrong about what?”“About its mate.”Hera pushed off the wall slightly.“Explain a bit more.” Hestia’s head tilted slightly.I drew in a soft breath. “Could a wolf think someone was their mate, then later think it’s someone else?”Hestia didn’t answer right away, which made me even more uncomfortable.“I mean, could she be confused?” I added quickly. “Or think she had two?”“A wolf can form strong attachments,” Hestia said finally. “Especially a young one

POV: AshaWhat if Cole had never been my mate at all?The more the thought kept ringing in my head, the more outrageous it sounded.A knock on the door drew me back to reality, and before I could respond, the door was pushed open.Hera stepped into the room and stopped when she saw me sitting upright on the bed.She is just like Zade.A familiar, yet unfamiliar feeling settled in my chest at the thought.“I’ve been knocking for the past minute,” she said, one brow rising. “I was starting to think that you had barricaded another door.” Heat crept up my neck as the memory of the previous room flashed through my mind. The locked door, the shattered window, and then Zade breaking through the wood as though it had been made of paper.“I didn’t hear you knock,” I muttered. “Sorry.”Her brow lifted even higher, almost like the apology surprised her.“Well, you’re awake. That’s good enough.”She stepped aside, and an older woman entered the room.The first thing I noticed was her long white

POV: AshaThe image of the rogue I had seen appeared in my mind. My insides shook badly as I fully turned to check out the sound. But there was nothing.Morning light spilled weakly through the curtains as I lay in the warm bed, blinking at the ceiling.For a moment, I only lay there, staring at the ceiling and replaying the click I had heard the night before. I had checked under the bed, behind the curtains, and inside the wardrobe, but still came up with nothing.Convincing myself that I was just hearing things, I allowed exhaustion to finally drag me under.Now, in the pale grey light of the morning, I wondered if the drug, the fall, or everything that had happened in just one night had broken something in my head.Maybe I truly had been hearing things that weren’t there.A soft knock came on the door.“Asha? Are you awake? Hera’s voice floated in from the other side of the door. “I have your breakfast.”The thought of food made my stomach turn. So did the idea of accepting anythin

POV: AshaI heard Hera scream, but I felt frozen where I sat on the stone walkway.Everything happened in a flash.Zade intercepted the man mid-air with a snarl and slammed him into the ground just inches away, hard enough to split the earth beneath them. I scrambled backward on shaking hands, my heart hammered against my ribs and drummed in my ears so loudly it drowned out everything else.Instead of fighting back as any wolf should, he twisted. His shoulders bent and snapped in the wrongest of angles.Click.His spine arched and just kept going past what even my spine could do.There came that clicking sound again, making me almost certain that it had snapped.One arm folded beneath his body at another impossible angle.Click again.My stomach turned.He shouldn’t have been moving, or even still alive at that point, but he tried to drag himself forward anyway. His claws buried deep into the soil leading up to the stone walkway as he pulled himself toward me inch by inch.Zade planted

POV: AshaThe world slowed in motion.My eyes widened as the ledge disappeared from beneath my heels.For a heartbeat, there was a terrifying silence. Then, gravity dragged me down.I felt weightless as the building’s external wall rose in a blur of grey granite and creeping ivy.A screech tore out of my throat, but the wind swallowed it whole.Rylie!I searched for my wolf, but still got silence in response.The cold air slammed into my face, tearing my hair from its braid and whipping my thin dress around my legs.The stone walls, dark sky illuminated by the moonlight, and the lit windows of several houses in the distance blurred past one after another until I couldn’t tell where the ground ended and the heavens began.For one impossible second, my mouth closed up, and everything felt strangely peaceful.So… this was what dying feels like. No more running, rejection, or fear.I squeezed my eyes shut, my hands moving instinctively across my abdomen in a desperate and useless attempt a

Pov: ZadeDante's brows dipped. “The Moonmere Alpha’s son?”“Yes.”He pushed away from the door and stepped forward. “He left for official duty right when he arrived, which was hours before the incident.”“And where was he before then?” I probed further.“Training with the other future Alphas at the camp for all week before that day.”I still went.He hadn’t been there.“Damn it,” I muttered.“Zade?”I turned to the window. “Cole hadn’t been there.”Silence.“We were both drugged,” I turned back to him.Realization dawned on his face.“Then the pup—”“Is mine.”The words tasted possessive, but the moment they left my mouth, I believed every bit.He blew out a breath. “Well…damn,” he rubbed the back of his neck. “The prophecy is even worse now, your bloodline—”“I won't let it happen,” I snapped. “I’ll never mark her. If I remain a villain in her eyes, the prophecy can’t trigger.”“You’re going to be a villain in her story to keep from being her executioner?” Dante asked, his voice s