LOGINThe pack house was full of laughter that night.That's been filled with laughter for months, even after.Yes, it has been months since the war ended, and though scars still lined the land, and the hearts of those who fought, there was peace now. True peace.A sort of peace that no one ever expected.
Her lip curled faintly.And for the first time in years… I felt something sharp crawl up my spine.Fear.She reached past me, her fingers closing around something on the table behind me.A gun.My breath caught.She stared at it for a long moment, then looked back at me, and the corner of her mouth
Giovanni:I’d been here so long, I’d stopped counting the hours.Because I knew that it's been more than days.Though I did not know how many, I knew that they were enjoying this. Each and every one of them saw it as their own victory. And though I did not want to admit it, I knew that it was my los
Delilah:Light burned behind my eyelids, and the first thing I felt was pain.There was a pain that I could not describe, and though I've been hearing everything that's been said throughout the past week, I couldn't respond.The dull, heavy ache in my chest. My shoulder. My ribs. Everything just see
Ethan:The infirmary was too quiet.And with every passing day, I just found it heavier for me to breathe, harder for me to contain myself, to be able to understand how everything went the way that it was.I stood in the doorway, staring at her.Delilah.She lay still on the cot, her dark hair fanne
Damon:The smell of gunpowder still hung in the air.The smell of blood was one that no one could deny.The field was quiet now, quiet in a way that made my chest ache. The creatures were gone. The mist had thinned. But the earth just seemed to still, as we saw everything that went around, as we wit
Lysandra:I sat rigidly in the oversized leather chair, my nails digging into the armrests as Father paced in front of me. The heavy scent of cigars and expensive whiskey filled the study, a scent I had grown up associating with power, with control.But tonight, all I could feel was tension.Disappo
Damon:For the past few days, I had done everything in my power to avoid Sienna.At this point, the last thing that I wanted was to see her. The last thing that I wanted was to endure being confronted by something that I did not want to speak about.It wasn’t difficult. She stayed in her room with I
Damon:The sound of fists hitting flesh and the dull thud of bodies hitting the ground echoed through the training field. The early morning air was filled with tension, the scent of sweat and exertion heavy between us.The park had been quiet and calm for the past few weeks. If anything, nothing out
Sienna:The night air was colder than I would have expected it to be, wrapping around me as I leaned against the wooden railing of the porch, my arms folded over my chest. The stars stretched endlessly above me, scattered like tiny diamonds against a velvet sky.I inhaled deeply, trying to find some







