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
“Valerie… we followed him.” He said, looking away from me. “He's been acting strange lately. There are men who have disappeared. We have to follow him.”My heart sank. “Followed him? Men who disappeared, What the hell are you talking about?”“We wanted to make sure everything was safe. Just in case.
“I want every patrol doubled,” I growled. “I want guards on every villa, including this one. Especially this one.”Mateo didn’t question it. He just nodded.But I wasn’t done.“Find Elias. I don’t care how. I don’t care if you have to drag his wolf through the dirt. I want to know what the fuck he’s
Valerie:I didn’t know what I expected when I stepped into Caspian’s office, but it wasn’t him.I wasn't even sure why he had called me to his office, but I did not expect him to be calling me to see the one person that I knew just disappeared when my father died.My feet froze just past the thresho
“No,” Caspian said, calm but firm. “Ryan came to us. We called him in when we realized your brother had dismissed him along with the rest of your father’s men. The ones who were loyal. The ones who could have stopped this. The ones that could have told you the truth behind everything that was going







