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
AgnesI padded down the stairs and froze at the bottom.The last person I expected to see standing in our foyer was my stepmother, looking just as immaculate and put-together as she always did. The very sight of her made me want to turn tail and run back up the stairs, especially after what my fathe
AgnesAnd just like that, a mere three days later, we were back in Richard’s territory.Only this time, we hadn’t come alone. We’d brought an entire retinue with us.Thea pressed her nose to the window as our car pulled up the long driveway to Richard’s mansion. Lena sat beside her, pointing out var
AgnesElijah’s mouth claimed mine with an urgency that matched my own. His weight pressed me into the mattress, and the sensation brought a delicious heat to my core that had nothing to do with my fire abilities and everything to do with the way his hands moved over my body.“I’ve missed you,” he mu
As we settled into our rooms, James slipped into mine and Elijah’s. Over the next hour, we quietly pored over maps and discussed the locations that James had narrowed our search down to.One was an old settlement that had been abandoned for centuries. Another was a series of caves that were allegedl







