LOGINThen I see something I wasn’t expecting to see today: the Alpha Prince and his brother arriving for the show.I reach over to get Sebastian’s attention, pointing to the werewolves we weren’t expecting. Sebastian curses, then looks up at the scarf wrapped around the lower half of my face, just like i
NatashaI try to relax into the trunk of the tree, but it’s hard to truly relax when I’m on a branch high up enough that a fall could kill me.“You have to sleep, Natasha. If you’re too tired to keep your eyes open tomorrow, you’re useless to us.”“I know,” I snap at Sebastian’s harsh words.This wi
Sebastian leads me to the left with a gentle hand on my hip.The six of us spread out in pairs, still able to see each other as we hide behind trees. Once we’re all in place, we peek around our trees to the horrific sight ahead.The lone werewolf sits on the ground with his back to us. Two humans li
NatashaI’m already in my training gear, so I use the time that Marion and Sebastian take to argue over whether or not I’m joining him to braid back my hair in a French braid. It takes much less time than it used to since it’s so short now.It’s Sebastian saying, “Please don’t make her prove she can
NatashaI stand next to Sebastian, the rows of tents at our backs. In front of us is a training area similar to where Isaiah and Raleigh taught me to fight. Except the training grounds at the palace have thick, plush mats on which werewolves spar.Here, humans spar on areas piled with a couple inche
“The other Quarters,” Marions answers. “That was one of our problems last time we revolted against the kingdom. I was trying to organize and lead too many humans by myself.”Sebastian’s breath comes out heavy. He doesn’t like how much Marion is revealing to me.“Over the past two decades,” she goes
I hate being mad at my brother.“Be careful,” I say to Amelia. I mean for it to come out gently, but it comes out as more of a growl. Then she disappears out the door I burst through earlier, not bothering to close it on her way out.Maybe she’s hoping that she’ll be able to hear if our argument esc
“Fuck Father? Since when have you and I traded places?”I laugh, too. “Since I found something of more value to me than his acceptance.”Diego wags his eyebrows. “Freeing, isn’t it?”I laugh again, remembering Raleigh is in the room. “Please don’t tell the king I said that.”“Said what?” he replies
“It may seem insignificant to you,” he says, “but in all my years, not one person has understood or cared to even know what it was like to be abandoned by my brother for reasons out of my control. The fact that you… well, it wouldn’t be so bad to bring you joy.”It’s the way he can’t look at me whil
Owen“I swear,” I mutter loudly enough to be heard as I knock twice on Diego’s bedroom door and reach for the doorknob, “if you’re in your own room after I went looking for you all the way out underneath the willow tree…”I open my brother’s door to find a female in his arms.But not just any female







