Once I’d wrapped the wrist securely, I helped Lena to her feet. “You should rest. I can handle Thea for the rest of the day.”“I’m okay to keep working,” Lena protested.“Absolutely not,” I said firmly. “You’re injured because of me. The least I can do is give you the rest of the day off.”Lena fina
AgnesI surfaced from the water, gasping as I reached for the edge of the pool. My clothes clung to my body, weighing me down as I hauled myself halfway out of the water. Another close call. The fire had barely escaped my palms before the water extinguished it, thankfully, but if I had just been a f
I pressed my lips together and remained silent, not that it mattered. We both knew the answer to that question, even if I didn’t want to admit it.He sighed. “Agnes, she’s a sick woman…”“Sick women still know things,” I insisted. “I want to know what happened to her out there. Even if only to help
AgnesI stood under the shower, letting the cold water cascade over my skin. My body had long since returned to normal temperature—below it at this point, honestly—but I’d stayed in the pool until my fingers pruned up and added a cold shower to my routine just to be safe.Just as I was turning off t
Lena tilted her head. “Was Agnes powerful before her wolf went away? Did she have any special abilities?”I blinked, somewhat surprised by the question. “Agnes has always been remarkable,” I said in the most deliberately vague way I could manage. “Wolf or no wolf.”Lena opened her mouth as if to say
ElijahAgnes left the dinner table in a hurry, but I knew what was happening just from one look. The way she clenched her fists, her abrupt departure—she was having another flare-up. Given what had happened in the hotel room just a couple of nights ago, combined with the exhaustion from all the trav
“Mommy! Daddy!” Thea shrieked, racing down the steps in her bare feet.I was out of the car before James had even fully stopped, dropping to my knees to catch Thea as she launched herself into my arms. I held her tight, burying my face in her hair and breathing in her sweet scent.“I missed you so m
AgnesRichard stood in the center of the room, taking in the scene—open suitcases, rumpled bed sheets, belongings left behind. It was as if Henry and Krystal had just up and left behind all of their things in the middle of the night.“You’re sure everything was like this when you entered?” Richard a
Elijah stepped in smoothly before I could stammer out a response. “Just a bit careless with a cigar,” he said with a rueful smile. “Nothing serious.”Richard raised an eyebrow. “Smoking in bed? That’s a dangerous habit, Elijah.”“Hence the small fire,” Elijah replied with a self-deprecating shrug. “