LOGINCaspian:One Year LaterThe breeze was warmer today.Softer.Gentler in a way I hadn’t felt in years.More peaceful and more contenting, More calm and even happier.I stood at the edge of the gardens, the same gardens where so much had been taken from us, and so much had been given back, watching Ad
Valerie:The sun was rising over the horizon, golden streaks splitting the sky wide open, like a promise finally fulfilled.I stood at the highest point of the estate grounds, the wind tugging at my hair, the scent of fresh earth and morning dew wrapping around me like a cloak.It was over.Giovanni
“Impressive,” Giovanni called, his voice carrying easily across the clearing. His smile was cold, razor sharp. “I knew there was more to you, Valerie. I knew it from the second I laid eyes on you. I did say that I had more respect to you than I had for others, but it seems to me that I did not expec
Valerie:The boy's cries ripped through me like claws.My heart raced with each passing moment and I did my best not to harm that child. I did my best not to dirty my hands with his blood, to save him out of this, to get him out of this before the man played the game that I was not willing to handle
Caspian:The air was too still.It was the kind of stillness that came after the fight, when the blood had dried and the bodies were cleared, but before the real danger revealed itself.I didn’t like it. Not one damn bit.Because I knew that stillness was one that only told me that more danger was
Valerie:The earth still smelled of blood.I smelled of blood. People's blood the blood of our enemies the people who had dared invade our territory.The ground beneath our feet was turned upside down. We were going to need to fix that later, but I knew that the vines that worked their way from the
Caspian:I didn’t sleep.Not because I couldn’t. But because I wouldn’t. Not tonight.There was a lot on my mind for me to think about going to bed. And deep down, I had wished that she stayed with me.Valerie’s hand had slipped from mine hours ago. She’d gone to bed, insisting she needed to rest, b
She stepped in slowly, cautious, like someone approaching a wild animal. I didn't speak. I didn’t move. She crossed her arms over her chest as she looked down at her feet for a moment before she shook her head as she allowed herself to voice out whatever it was that she was here to say.“You met him
Elias:Eva's words kept playing in my head as I got out of my car.I have been ignoring my phone, my mother has been calling my mate even, but I did not want to respond to them right now. I had a lot more important things to be taken care of. And I knew that eventually they would understand what I w
Caspian:I was grateful, more than I expected, for the fact that Valerie didn’t fight me on this.She didn’t insist on coming to meet Elias, didn’t argue about standing by my side. That she didn’t think that if she didn’t come with me, that I was pushing her away. She trusted me to handle it. And th







