LOGINRavenLexi considered me for a moment, as though she was trying to determine if I was toying with her.“Just like that?” she asked, scrutinizing me up and down. “You’d give up the potential chance of being the Luna?”“Yes,” I said without hesitation. I held up my hand and emphasized each point with
“I won’t disturb you any further,” I said quickly, taking the opportunity to push past Lexi and down the hall.Neither said a word as I fled.That bitch! Lunar snarled inside of me. I winced. I’d never heard her so angry before, and her voice rattling inside of me made my heart race uncomfortable.
RavenNo no no no no! He had to have felt that shock, there was no way he could ignore it now!He must have felt the jolt and the shudder of my body against his skin. His wolf would demand taking me again, just like it had six years ago. If that happened, it would be nearly impossible to resist the
Raven“Sadie that’s not–”“Absolutely not–”Marcus and I spoke at the same time. We both closed our mouths just as quickly and breathed in harsh breaths, as though we were mirror images of each other. Our eyes met, and we each had the same impatient, wide eyes.The amber in his eyes blazed like wild
I wondered where her mother could be. If it were me, I would be spending every moment I could with my baby.My baby…Sadie wasn’t a replacement. That wasn’t her job, and it wasn’t right to use her to fill that vacancy my baby had left. However, the mother inside of me that had never been couldn’t ig
RavenAs the little girl wrapped her arms around me, my heart felt weak, like it couldn’t beat in time properly. My lip quivered, and I swallowed thickly to try and keep a straight face.She was so small, with kinky auburn hair and freckles covering her cheeks. Her eyes were a brilliant green color,
My room. Might as well have been a cage. It had taken me so long to escape my father’s, and I’d rather have my skin peeled from my flesh than be in another.Especially when Marcus Hayes held the key.The soldier shoved me inside the dormitory without a word. I stumbled in, scowling as I realized the
I curled up in the back seat, holding my knees to my chest, and imagined wrapping my arms around my child as I silently wept.MarcusDid you really need to exile her? Zane thought to me, his voice still shaky from the violent battle.Why do you care? I shot back, wiping the blood from my hands with
I pursed my lips, wondering how she’d managed to convince him to overlook her parentage when that was the reason I’d been exiled. Then again, I’d been the firstborn and the only trueborn daughter of the Cross family. Maybe Marcus hadn’t known Frank Cross had fathered another daughter with a mistress
I knew she was gone. Alpha Marcus had taken away my mother first and now my child. And I couldn’t bear the weight of actually hearing the words come from someone else’s lips.The first two years had been hard. I’d grown so used to my father’s abuse and being malnourished, it was difficult to let mys







