LOGINMy gaze sweeps across the courtyard, taking in the faces, the laughter, and the sense of peace that still feels surreal.And then my eyes find her.Xena.I can’t bring myself to call her Lola, just as she can’t bring herself to call me Sadie. To everyone else, we are Lola and Sadie but to each other
“Sadie?” Alec murmurs gently beside me, voice low and coaxing. “You ready?”I turn, and he’s there, exactly where he’s always been. Tall, steady, eyes soft in a way I once thought I’d never be on the receiving end of. He’s holding our son in his arms, swaddled in a light silver blanket that shimmers
He already knows. He always does.“Ready?” I say quietly, though everyone hears me.“Definitely… Been waiting to make you officially mine for months,” he says, earning a chuckle from everyone.Slowly, he puts Aspen down, who is smiling from ear to ear.We told her the truth, that Alec is her dad, an
The night is quiet. Not the tense quiet that comes before war, not the brittle silence of grief but a living stillness, deep and steady, like the world has finally exhaled.It has been a month since the battle. A month since blood stained this land. A month since Kaden fell. A month since I learned
Kaden sees it too late. He lunges, but we are faster.I raise my hand and time stops and light pours from me in radiant waves. Lola steps forward, shadows trailing her like smoke. Light and shadow coil around us, not fighting, but circling, choosing. The air thickens, charged, every particle vibrat
The guilt is suffocating. It crawls up my throat like it wants to rip me apart from the inside.This isn’t how it was meant to be. This isn’t how it was meant to end. Kaden wasn’t supposed to win.I wipe away the tears. No! I refuse to let her die.I feel something crack open in my chest at my deter
“Did she tell you why she wanted you to drug the alpha?”He shakes his head. “No, but the alpha wasn’t my only target. She told me to make sure that both you and the alpha have the drinks.”What the hell?“Me? What did I have to do with her plans?”“I don’t know. She just told me to wait until you t
Alec.“You!” The words slip from my lips at the same time as Sadie says them.My eyes stared at the man in shock. A man that I thought I’d never see again. A man that I’ve been searching for for three fucking years.I could never mistake him for anyone. Well, unless he had a fucking twin that we don
King wasn’t wrong the first day we met. Hybrids were savages. Most of them had abandoned their humanity. The only difference between them and the rogues was that their human counterparts seemed to still be in control. Unlike the Rogues, who had handed control to their supernatural counterparts.“Not
Fuck! This was a fucking mess.“How the fuck did you not recognize the fucker?” I ground out as my hands fist at my sides.“I didn’t know how he looked,” Piper hisses hysterically, almost in tears. “You never showed me the fucking footage, so I had no idea who he was.”I think back and realize that







