LOGINPetra doesn’t flinch, she simply blinks and smiles again. “Sure you are, there’s a baby right….” She points at my stomach over the table. “There.” “No, I shake my head, pulling my tank top down some more. My idiot of a mate packed one of my old ones, it's a super-tight fit. “Is it a secret?” She f
“Is that why you came back?” The girl asks. “Because you and your mate are not on good terms?” I simply stare at her. She seems pretty invested in my life, and for a moment, I start to think she might have been planted by someone out or in here to find out about my plans of potential escape. It’s
AELIANA Day three, round two. I hate this place. Every single day, my hatred for this place grows, and these last three days since I came back have really gotten to me. I have more eyes on me than I did before, which has made it very hard for me to speak to someone. Someone whom Mama Bird instruc
Me? He had me, and he drove me straight to the lion's den. He can’t be serious right now. My eyes quickly shift back to Evelyn. “Do I go to confinement if I punch him?” “Yes.” She almost whispers. “What are you doing here?” I ask, watching him to ensure he keeps his distance. “I came to see ho
AELIANA “Luna Aeliana,” Evelyn gasps, locking the door when she enters my cell. “Oh, my God. Why did you run away?” I pause. Sometimes I wonder how she got this job, she seems to lack common sense. She has seen this place, and she might be used to it, but I am not. She keeps staring at me from th
“We will never get to be in-laws, and if we do, your sick brother will fucking kill me.” She whisper-yells. “I can take just about anything, but I will not take him hitting me.” “He did what?” “He’s too rough,” she winces. “And it’s not even a kink, babe, it’s straight abuse. He is fucking sick, y
A smile tugs at my lips, I can’t take it either, I won’t last the night. I don’t think I have enough self-control not jump his bones the second we fall asleep. If I don’t take him awake, Lumi will do it for me while I sleep. “Two minutes.” I declare. “Aeliana, I can’t be that quick.” He complains,
He nods, his smile gone, replaced with concern. “Are you still sore?” he asks, voice neutral like he is asking me about the weather. My jaw drops, words unable to form. “You were walking differently this morning, is it better now?” Oh lord. Kill me now. I immediately shift, “Goodnight,” I mutter,
I laugh, the sound small, and broken. “Stop lying, King. It all matters, she matters, when she hurt herself this morning, you looked like you could die. You wanted to talk to me and yet when she screamed...” I trail off, unable to tell him how he chose her over me. He flinches, “She was bleeding.”
AELIANA Luna Estelle cooks dinner while talking to me and her chef, everyone is different here than at Kingston’s packhouse. The staff are more alive, much kinder, and I meet Lexie’s aunt, who happens to have raised her after her mother took off with someone else’s husband. When one of the chefs tr







