I snarled, but kept my smile. He needed to fall for my game.He didn’t see it yet. But I was unraveling. I had poured too much of myself into him, my time, my magic, my power. And now, as he resisted, he was taking it with him. I wasn’t going to allow that to happen. I couldn’t allow him to grow str
Tatiana:The walls cracked with my scream.The ground shook with each moment that I found myself dealing with the rage that I couldn’t control. The rage that she brought onto me. The rage that she allowed herself to play with.I watched as the glass shattered, as everything around me started to brea
“Tatiana?” Damon asked sharply. “Is she behind this?”Carter nodded slowly. “She came to me. Or through me. I don’t know. Her voice… it was everywhere. Like she was in my head. Controlling it. Warping it. She was too strong to stop. She was doing her best to try and bring them in. She called for me
Ethan:I didn’t go back to the house.Not after the way that she looked at me, not after the way that she asked me to leave as if I was something that she didn’t want around her.I couldn’t.No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t bring myself to do so.Her words replayed in my head like a cursed loo
“Delilah…”“I can’t,” I snapped, taking a step back. “You don’t get to keep pulling me in like this. You don’t get to play protector after everything. You played me before. You lied to me before, you pitied me before. I do not need that, Ethan. I need peace. I need my own state, and your presence is
Delilah:The maids went about their business as they cleaned up the hall. Everything seemed to be peaceful and quiet as I walked around. My arm was wrapped around myself as I tried to contain whatever I had running inside my head.The number of thoughts were countless, and the idea of the safety of