Damon:The office lights dimmed as I shut down the final report on Caleb. “I refuse to believe that he is going to be a traitor. There is something wrong about this. There is something that we do not know.”My eyes burned from the hours spent reviewing files, hunting leads that led to dead ends, and
“But he didn’t belong to you,” I said sharply. “He wasn’t one of your warriors. He wasn’t a part of this pack. You don't need to honor him, he was your enemy.”“No, I do not.” Kael said, his gaze steady. “But he died protecting what this pack stands for. And that makes him one of us now. His last mo
Delilah:The moment that I laid my eyes on him, I could not breathe.Nikolai.His name pulsed in my head like a heartbeat I couldn’t steady. I had told myself I would be ready. I had promised myself I would be strong. But no strength in this world could have prepared me for the way my knees gave out
Sienna:I had my arm wrapped around myself as I walked inside, trying to ignore the pain and trying to shake the frightening sight that I saw in front of me.Even the idea of seeing a man's body like that was one that I did not expect. He is and was an enemy, but he lost his life saving them, my sis
Damon:“Today is one of those days where I really don't know how we're going to be able to deal with anything.” I said without turning to face Sienna. She walked towards me and wrapped her arm around me, kissing my shoulder as she did. I smiled and took her hand in mine, gently kissing her palm.“We
Giovanni:The silence in the office was deafening.There was a coldness in it that I did not want to think about or explain. There was a sense that told me that danger was just starting, and it was not just me who was dangerous. There was danger roaming around me, lurking about like a ghost.It was
Sienna:I didn’t breathe until the infirmary doors shut behind us.I couldn't, no matter how hard I tried, seeing her like this was not something that I could just easily swallow.Delilah stood beside me, her jaw clenched and her knuckles bloodless where she gripped the back of the chair Lysandra no
Delilah:The road was endless.And each passing moment felt heavier than the one before. It felt darker, more painful. And don't matter how much I wanted to deny it, I couldn't. Everything was just completely lost.Each mile between Giovanni’s estate and the Lockwood territory felt like a lifetime.
Nikolai:The scent of this place hadn't changed. Not in decades.It was fun while it lasted, this spec of power when we wanted to change things. It was just when Giovanni had become alpha when everything around us seemed to go from us training. Just now being in charge of an entire pack of people, o