LOGINFor all we knew, that was exactly what Alaric had in mind. He could send Damon somewhere remote, far away from anyone who might ask questions, and when something happened to him on the way, no one would ever be able to prove it was anything but an “accident.”I couldn’t let that happen. I wasn’t goi
Mira’s POVThe video ended there, frozen on Damon’s face, but I couldn’t stop staring at it. I didn’t move, not even when the screen went dark in my hand.My name. He had said my name. In front of his father and Seraphine and a hall full of vampires who wanted me dead, Damon had called me his mate o
Through all of it, Magnus didn’t move from his seat. He only looked at Alaric.“Is this how a Voss keeps his promises, Alaric?” he asked quietly.Alaric didn’t answer him. He stared at me for a long moment, his face completely blank, and then he turned to the guards along the wall.“Escort my son ou
Damon’s POVThe moment I said her name, the whole hall went silent.For a long moment that felt like forever, nobody moved, not even Alaric, who was halfway out of his chair, hovering above his seat with his hands gripping the armrests.I had finally said it, in front of all of them. My side still f
Mira’s POVThe sun was already coming up over the mesa, turning the distant dunes into those lush shades of pink and purple that I had come to love since arriving, when Juniper and I finally left the Enclave. We had stayed because Juniper wanted to keep an eye on Talia and the baby, so I hadn’t slep
I looked at my father. He wasn’t paying attention to me, too busy talking up one of the high-ranking members of a vampire family from the coast. I wasn’t sure if my legs could carry me, but for some reason, I saw something that looked urgent in the cook’s eyes.She had been loyal to me when I was br
Mira's POVHe looked away first.Damon Voss turned his gaze back to the front of the room like I was a wall he'd glanced at by accident. He then sat down in the back row with his two friends.I forced myself to look at my desk. My heart was doing something strange. Not fear. Something else. Somethin
Mira's POVTwo months ago, Jason Reed was my boyfriend. Now he had his tongue down my sister's throat, and she wanted me to watch.I stood in the doorway of the classroom, bag over one shoulder, and waited for the twist in my stomach to pass. It didn't.Jason saw me and pulled back, and the tips of
Mira's POV****Dream****I'm small.The walls are dirt and they go up too high and there's no roof, just a square of gray sky way up at the top. My knees are scraped. Something is crusted on my arm and I don't want to look at it.There's a boy in the pit with me. He's pale, even paler than me, and h
Damon's POVShe let go of my hand like I'd burned her."I'm so sorry." The words came out in a rush — tripping over each other, barely finished before the next one started. Mira Hale stepped back, color flooding her face, her hands pulling at the cuffs of her hoodie like she could disappear inside i







