Nikolai:The silence in the estate was deceptive.Anyone that passed would have said that this was the most peaceful estate around, that there were no troubles lurking about. The servants walked around, tending to their duties. No one spoke. No one dared look up. The girls were in their chambers. I
Damon:The moment Nikolai walked out, I could still feel his damn presence clinging to the air like smoke. Like poison. Sienna did not say a word. She did not need to, though I understood her pain, her fear and her anger. But I also understood her sympathy. But no matter how much I was going to try
“I know that already.”“But what you may not know,” Nikolai said, “is that this war? It won’t just be yours to fight. Everyone around you will pay for it. Your daughter. Your mate. And you’ll have to ask yourself what you're willing to sacrifice. Because Giovanni is not going to stop. He knows that
Sienna:There was something eerie about silence, something oppressive when it came after days of noise, war, heartbreak, and whispered truths.It was one of those days when everything just seemed to be against the current. Though if anyone saw it from outside it would seem to look normal and calm. N
Damon:I woke up before the sun rose, the light barely a promise against the horizon. But I didn’t move.I didn't want to move. I didn't even have it in me to get up.Because she was still asleep in my arms. She was still allowing herself to give in to me and the peace that she felt by my side.Sien
Sienna:I could still feel his eyes on me.Even when he didn’t say a word, even when I tried to convince myself that everything was calm again, just for tonight, I knew Damon was watching me like he was waiting for something to break.I knew that he was willing me to let go of my pain. I knew that h
Giovanni:She was slipping through my fingers.The girl that I did everything to make what I needed to create in my favor.Delilah.The one I had raised in the shadows. The one I shaped with my own hands. The one who owed me everything. The one who I knew would have been long dead had it not been up
Delilah:The ride back was quiet. Not because the road was smooth, far from it. But because the storm that lived inside me had finally settled into something colder, something still. I wasn’t angry anymore. I was done being angry.I chose to take a taxi. It was the one thing that was going throug
Damon:The front door slammed shut so hard it echoed through the hallways, a sound sharp enough to silence even the whispering wind outside.I looked at my mate, whose eyes were wide in surprise. Of course, this was not something that she expected. Hell, neither one of us expected this.I stood ther