My chest rose and fell like a storm, my fists dripped with sweat and his blood and only then did my eyes flicker to her. Octavia. Her pupils were blown wide, lips trembling, cheeks flushed, her chest rose and fell rapidly as if she couldn’t believe what she had just witnessed. Our eyes locked and
Body. Mind. Soul. Everything belonged to her and there is no hell I wouldn’t raise for her, there is no head I wouldn’t send flying for— “GET UP!” I barked at my son who chuckled, his forehead wrinkling as slowly and painfully pushed himself up, clutching his ribs, wobbling on unsteady legs. “I th
AIDAN NIGHTINGALE. “How can you even treat your own son so cruelly,” he muttered as he spat out blood on the mat, his eyes meeting mine but the eye contact breaking almost immediately. “What do you think would happen if the council knew that instead of finding someone else, you want your son’s gir
“She would never recall that you were the one who fixed what I’d broken and you know why? Because….” I drove my fist so deep into his gut that his words broke into a scream. He folded in half, gagging, saliva spilling from his mouth. “Shut your fucking mouth,” I finally growled, my voice low, vibra
I caught his strike mid-air, it was one of the most lifeless punches ever thrown at me in all my years of living and when I caught his fist, I twisted and slammed him flat onto his back. The mat shuddered beneath the impact and his breath bursted out in strangled wheeze but still, I didn’t hesitate
AIDAN NIGHTINGALE. I knew she was around the very moment she got to that doorstep and even though my eyes didn’t meet hers, even though I didn’t actually look at her, I could still see her. I could feel her eyes following my every movement despite the fact that the one who she thought was her boyf