ANMELDENCaspian: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
Valerie:I rested my hand gently on Adrian’s head, feeling the rhythmic rise and fall of his breath against my side. His soft snores were a comfort, a quiet reminder that he was safe, for now. That I was safe, for now. But even as I sat there, wrapped in the thin blankets of the infirmary bed, the t
Valerie:Caspian’s mouth was on mine, fierce and unrelenting. His body pressed me down against silk sheets, his weight grounding me, possessing me.His tip brushed over my clit for a moment, his kiss more feverish. My heart raced as my body ached for his touch. His pre-cum wetting my clit with each
Caspian:There was something crawling under my skin. And I knew that though she was not speaking, though she was not bringing up the subject, that Valerie felt it too. Her questioning the number of times that you would look at the wind, that you would look at me so the two of us would share clowns,
Eva:I was never the type to reflect on my fear. I was never the type to show anyone the effect that they were having on me.Not of Caspian’s wrath. Not of Valerie’s presence. Not even of the rejection I’d felt when everything began to slip from my fingers. I was frightened at the time, but not like







