Sweat clung to my back and arms, but I didn’t have to worry about overheating. My gown was slung over my shoulder, the lace tickling my nose as I climbed to the third floor. It wasn’t ideal, climbing in nothing more than a bra and panties, but it sure beat lingering outside. Finding the window to
It made me wonder what Hakeem would think of me if he knew what I could do. No, that was a terrible idea in the making. He’d react the same way everyone else in my life had, by running in the opposite direction. Tomorrow was hovering close, a mere ten hours away. I knew what to expect and planned
As I slipped into the darkness that was unconsciousness, the bed melted from beneath my body and gave way to a cool breeze that ruffled my sweatshirt and pants. My feet met something solid, but it wasn’t the ground. No, it was a rooftop. More specifically, the rooftop of the hotel. Past the ledge,
It didn’t matter, anyway. When someone dies in the Lycan camps, their body is thrown into the forest for the animals. There is no going home, even in death. I spread my arms wide, putting on a dazzling smile to match it. “As you can see, I am very much alive.” Nox wasn’t at all amused, which was
After kicking Nox out of my head, and hopefully onto his ass, I managed to sleep the rest of the night without a single dream. Sleeping in for even an hour past nine a.m. was clearly asking too much, because the three of us were all startled awake by a heavy knock on the door. Delphine muttered un
“No worries, I wouldn’t dream of making the same mistake twice.” Jeremy, who clearly hadn’t become any more intelligent the four years I’d been gone, took a step closer. “You’re saying murdering my father was a mistake?” He asked in a pinched voice. Oh, he wasn’t going to like this one bit, but I
Thankfully, Delphine was in the shower because I had no doubt she’d throw a fit. I could feel both of their eyes on my back, but it was Nox’s I noticed the most. His burned, scraping along the mess of scars that ran from my shoulders, all the way down to my hips. Thanks a lot, Phineas. Turning a
Nox’s father, the previous Alpha of this pack, waited for us inside his office on the top floor of City Hall. The retired Alpha Oliver, who had once been like a second father to me, was also the man who had sentenced me to my fate. He’d done so knowing the horror’s the servants of the Lycan Camp fa