LOGINEvelyn“Careful!”I can’t help the word as it tumbles out of my mouth when Emma swings her legs over the edge of her bed. She stares at me like I’ve lost my mind.“As potentially over-protective as your friend and queen is being,” Dr. Zorinski says to Emma, “you really do need to take it easy. Don’t
EvelynThere are several empty cells between the converted dungeon hospital wing and the cell where Lucas sits. Max shared that he’s been eating and drinking everything they bring him, but otherwise Lucas hasn’t been speaking.I observe him for a minute, unable to make him out very well in the dim d
EvelynI hold back my own excited tears as I approach the dungeon a few days later. Only about half the prisoners provided us with their names, and I’m hoping what we do today changes that.Not because I need their names. Because them providing it is a symbol of growing trust.I open the dungeon doo
EvelynAlexander asked me later if leaving the dungeon the second the idea came to me was partially an excuse to get out of there before seeing Lucas in the very last cell.Maybe it was.But that doesn’t change the fact that my idea is a good one.I pull Alexander into his nearby office to talk thro
And I have work to do.I reach for the doorknob myself, ignoring the lingering fear as I force myself down step after step into the dungeon.I’m comforted by the shutting of the door and Alexander’s footsteps behind me.I might still be scared, but I’m not alone.I walk down the stone steps illumina
Evelyn“Okay,” I say as Alexander and I walk down the halls of the main palace toward the dungeons. “Remind me who all is in the dungeons right now.”Alexander takes a heavy breath as if the list is long. “There’s a few dozen rebel werewolves who willingly surrendered to us the first time I rescued
I force another smile. “I know, but I forgot to tell Emma, and she already made the alterations. I promised I would at least show it to you.”I reach for my fork. Dinner, then sleep.“Are your hands shaking?” Alexander asks with concern.Dinner, then sleep. I just need to get through dinner, then th
I backhand him playfully on the shoulder as he passes, and he feigns being in pain.I think I’ll enjoy working with him.The archives is down a staircase similar to the dungeons but on the clear other side of the palace. It’s a lot like the Royal Library but five times as big and ten times as dusty.
EvelynI head down the hallway after Dr. Zorinski’s exam. It hasn’t been too hard to lie to Alexander about feeling ill while I’m mourning. Grief is its own kind of illness.Still, I was worried Dr. Zorinski would see right through it. I think I’ve convinced her that I might be sick, but nothing tha
EvelynIt’s been an emotional two weeks.Every second that Alexander has been working, trying to protect lycans from the growing werewolf threat, I’ve spent making memories with Emma. We didn’t talk about the fact that it’s our last two weeks together before I escape. We just train and make music an







