FAZER LOGINThe crowd continued to applaud as Thea took one final bow before exiting the stage. The moment she was out of sight, Elijah grabbed my hand.“Come on,” he said, already pulling me toward the aisle. “Let’s get backstage before everyone else.”We made our way through the crowd, accepting congratulatio
AgnesEight years had passed by.The concert hall was packed to capacity, not a single empty seat in sight. My spine ached like hell from sitting on the hard wooden chair for the past two hours, and my pregnant belly made it impossible to find a comfortable position. Elijah kept rubbing his neck and
“Mom?” Thea’s voice called. “Everyone’s waiting. Are you ready?”I took one last look in the mirror, adjusted the mask slightly, and turned toward the door.“Ready,” I said, opening it to find my daughter standing there in a midnight blue dress that she had designed herself. Her own mask, shaped lik
AgnesOne year later.I stood in front of my mirror, hardly recognizing the woman staring back at me. Two years. It had been two years since I met Elijah—not counting that foggy night we conceived Thea seven years before that, a night neither of us could fully remember thanks to whatever drugs had b
Initially, I resisted. The thought of sharing my pain with a stranger when I had spent so many years being treated like a madwoman for my trauma scared the hell out of me. But Elijah was persistent, reminding me that we all carried burdens that were too heavy to bear alone.And so, twice a week, we
AgnesThe weeks following the destruction of the Lunaris Stone passed in a blur.Elemental Enterprises, of course, was immediately shut down by the authorities. Every known international law enforcement agency descended on Richard’s territory, working alongside Richard and us to document the crimes
AgnesThe office felt too quiet after Richard left. He’d barely waited five minutes before heading back to his territory, determined to start investigating immediately. I couldn’t blame him—if I’d just discovered that my dead mate might have been tortured in an underground facility right under my no
“Then enlighten us,” Elijah said. “Because if you don’t, we’ll have to let Agnes’s stepmother know who helped Olivia escape all those years ago. I’m sure she’d be very interested in that information.”It was a bluff—we would never actually expose her to my stepmother—but Dr. Rose didn’t know that. H
“You should leave,” he muttered, pulling me closer as we spun. “It’s not safe for you here.”“It’s not safe for any of us anywhere,” I replied firmly. “Not with what she’s planning.”His eyes widened slightly. “You know?”“I know enough,” I said. The dance required us to separate briefly, clapping o
AgnesWhen Richard was finished laying out the plan he had conceived, I could only blink at him in shock.“No.” Elijah’s voice was hard as steel. “You are not using my mate and daughter as decoys. That’s out of the question.”“Elijah—” Richard started.“No,” Elijah repeated, standing up so fast his







