ログインThe tables have turned since the last time I had Kiara alone. Now, my wrists were bound, and I was at her mercy while she leered at me with the judgment of a titan.She said nothing while I scraped my brain for the right words to begin with. “Nothing I say can give you back everything you’ve lost,” I sighed.Kiara’s eyes narrowed, her fists clenched by her sides. But she stayed silent, so I conjured up more to fill the silence.“I want to undo everything. Go back in time and find a way to get your mom out of that cave, take back everything stupid I’ve said and done to you. I’d… I’d kill David if it would stop all of this from happening.”“It’s too late,” she said coldly.“I know it’s too late, but I wish it weren’t. I wish I had the courage to do what had to be done, to protect you and your mother and everyone that David hurt—”Kiara suddenly lunged, shoving me hard in the chest. I thumped against the wall as her hands wrapped up in my shirt, blazing anger igniting in her eyes. “She’s
I was going to rush outside. But a warm bedroom sounded much nicer, so I begrudgingly allowed Aislin to lead me upstairs, down the hallway, and into one of the Eastpeak Alpha’s spare bedrooms. Once inside, I lingered, looking at the bed and breathing in the amalgam of scents belonging to all the room’s previous inhabitants, none of them my mother.“Kiara, I’m sorry,” the redhead offered. “Leave.”Aislin sighed and shut the door behind herself.I crawled onto the bed, wrapped myself up in a comforter, and retreated into the silence of solitude. The past few days had given me no respite, and even this was barely a reprieve from the harshness I had endured, but at least it was a warm, safe place, so I closed my eyes and quickly drifted asleep.The moss-covered boulders towered over me. Long fronds of bright green grass tickled my ears as my eyes opened to golden sunshine. Dandelion fluffs drifted overhead on the gentle breeze. Laying on my back, I watched clouds amble across the sky, a
I walked in a haze for the rest of the journey back to Everett’s house.Clouds pushed across the sky, blocking out the sun and turning the air cold. Even with the leggings and t-shirt I wore, there was a chill in my blood that I couldn’t seem to shake. I knew what it was from. The last image I had of my mother was lodged in my mind, that vision of her staring sadly at me as I left her—again. Tears rolling down her cheeks. Only this time, we both knew that I wouldn’t be able to save her. It would be the last time I’d ever see her, and the weight of her permanent absence dragged me down to the depths of my inner ocean, sapping all the heat and strength from my body. I’d failed.The small reassurances offered by my companions meant nothing to me. Aislin and Billie apologized softly for having to leave my mother behind, but it wasn’t their fault; it was mine. I was the one stupid enough to endanger the infant and force my mother to stay behind and help her. Maybe if I had just handed her
When the dragon collapsed lifelessly to the ground, I backed away, staring at what I had done. I’d never killed anyone before. Not even when we raided the Mundy house and set it on fire—none of those deaths were me. I was just a bystander. But this dragon, dead at my feet, this was all my doing. Without looking back at those watching, my wolf ejected me out of its body.I knelt in the grass, naked and panting.Within seconds, two sets of hands each grabbed my arms and hoisted me to my feet. They turned me around, facing me against Gavin and Everett, their eyes hard and hateful. One after the other, they both punched me hard in the face, dropping me to the grass again.“Fucking bastard!” spat Gavin, kicking me in the stomach. Everett pulled Gavin away. “Why did you follow us, Colt?”Groaning, I propped myself up on my elbows and stared blankly at the men towering above me, then past them, at the stragglers of the Mythguard—a few humans, unarmed, including that Sebastian Hicks guy and
The mayhem didn’t end once Kiara and her friends escaped. They kept running, and some dragons and wolves took off after them, but I knew it would be futile. The Mythguard would keep them safe. Instead, all attention turned to Lothair ripping Muriel off the ground and away from the baby girl.The dragon I’d been fighting with had pinned me to the ground and punched me in the cheek. Once he was distracted, I shoved him away and got to my feet. I couldn’t see what had happened to the child. People knelt around her, scooping her up off the ground and dealing with her out of sight. They took her away to where I couldn’t see. My heart hurt, fearing that she had become little more than a corpse. All that was left was Lothair hoisting Muriel up in the air, who had long since fallen limp, barely alive by the shuddering gasps of her dying body.“Enough!” My father stormed forward, limping and bleeding from his fight with Everett. He shoved everyone out of the way. I followed him, standing as ta
Aislin protected us as we pushed toward the entrance. She swung her fists at anybody that got too close, digging her nails into skin and throwing hard kicks into ribs. Her teeth flashed in vicious warning until somebody knocked her sideways and to the ground. “Damnit, Aislin!” I shouted, but before I could reach for her, somebody else stepped in to brutally snap the neck of the dragon shifter that attacked her. I reeled back, staring in awe at the dirty blond-haired, bearded, steel-eyed Viking of Everett March standing over Aislin.“Ev!” Aislin rasped, rolling onto her stomach. “Shit, is that guy dead?” “Get up,” Everett growled, grabbing her hand and helping her to her feet.From across the room, another voice hailed us. “Billie!” The brown-haired Alpha paused to throw a punch at someone, then looked our way again. “Are you okay?”Billie swallowed hard, urging my mother forward. “Yeah, I am. Gavin, be careful, please!” “Yeah babe,” Gavin replied before promptly being drawn into an







