LOGIN~Axel’s POV~ Amber Crystabel Moon.I had absolutely no idea why that name or more irritatingly, why her face was the only thing flashing in my head. And underneath all of it, buried deep down, was the feeling of guilt for what I would have done to her.A feeling I didn’t want, nor did I care for.“Mr… Mr. Edgewood?” The only voice I wanted to hear cut through my thoughts and I snapped out of it, pulling my attention away from where I was still staring at the spot Amber Moon had disappeared from.Melanie was backed into the wall, fear stark in her eyes.My expression softened immediately. The tension left my body before I even thought about it as the realization crashed through me. “I’m not going to hurt you. I would never do that.”But she didn’t move. Her eyes went to the door like she was calculating whether she could make it.“Melanie.” I softened my voice as much as I could, though I was still very much agitated by Amber Moon’s presence. By the fact that I was affected by her it
~Amber’s POV~ The triumph only lasted for a second because in the next, his body straightened, his hand shot out, and then he was choking the life out of me.I reached for Roxanne instinctively, desperate for her strength, for her to help me fight back.But it was like she was being actively blocked. I could feel her there, could feel her trying to surge forward, but something was keeping her down, keeping her from helping me.I was alone.I struggled against his grip, my hands clawing at his wrist, trying to pry his fingers away from my throat but he was so much stronger.“Axel,” I gasped out, barely able to form the words. “You are going to kill me.”His grip didn’t loosen. His eyes stayed blank, cold, like he was looking at nothing. My vision started to blur at the edges, darkness creeping in. I could hear my heartbeat pounding in my ears, getting slower, weaker.Then through the haze, I heard it.A frightened, panicked voice. “Axel, stop!”In an instant, I was released.I collap
~Amber’s POV~ Oh yes… I had feelings for Axel Edgewood.Feelings of complete and absolute hatred, and it wasn’t just directed at him right now.It was at everything. At this entire situation. At the necklace that had burned my skin. At Jameson and her stupid blank face that I would have punched if I hadn’t walked out of that room that surprisingly no one had come into.I looked around the hallway again, adjusting my bags at the same time, my patience getting shorter by the minute. “Where the hell is James?”At the familiarity between their names, the anger shot up again and I was about to push it away, force myself to calm down before I really exploded, when a voice came from behind me.“Is it proper for the Princess to be cursing?”I turned to face the person.She was older but younger than Axel’s mother, somewhere in that in-between age that was hard to pin down. But where Axel’s mother had beauty to her features, this woman had more of a motherly edge—soft around the eyes, warm in
~Amber’s POV~ I thought pain was what I had to fight through to get here, or maybe even by a stretch of extension, what I had felt on the night that started all of this.But nothing could compare to this.Because this… this was pain.Roxanne let out a howl that didn’t come from my throat but from somewhere deep inside my chest, a sound of pure agony that sent a shockwave through my entire body. It made it hard to breathe, made my vision blur at the edges, made everything inside me feel like it was tearing apart.She clawed with all her might to get to the surface, to get to him, to stop what was happening even though it was already done. The suppression necklace around my neck started burning in response, the metal heating against my skin like a brand.Through it all I felt every eye in the hall turn to me, but Axel’s was the only one I could focus on. I searched his face desperately for something, anything—recognition, hesitation, regret.All I met was complete blankness. Emptiness
~Axel’s POV~ “I need you to look at this.” Zane said and shoved a phone in front of my face, making me pause from adjusting my tie. My eyes went to the screen.I frowned at it. “What is this?”“It’s the definition of insanity, but it’s clearly wrong because it doesn’t have your picture right next to it.”Realization slammed into me and I shot him a glare, pushing the phone away from my face. He caught it but snapped anyway.“Axel, can you not see how insane you are acting? I would understand if that woman out there was your mate, but I don’t know where you went, what happened when you did, or where you pulled her out from but she isn’t.”“You had better be careful with the words you use to regard her.”“Or what, Axel? You would kill me like you almost killed your father?”I finished with my tie and finally looked away from the mirror, but didn’t look in his direction. “Goodbye, Zane.”He reached out and pulled me back to stop me. “Whoever the Moon Goddess predestined for you would be
~Amber’s POV~ “Are you okay?”The casualness of the tone gave way to the realization of who it was. Without a second more, my eyes snapped open, meeting Ian’s worried gaze that admittedly did something to my insides but I immediately shoved that feeling away as I pushed myself up.“Why are you everywhere?” I snapped. He ignored my tone and reached out to try to push me back down. “The healers said you still need to rest.”“If your hand makes any contact with my skin, I promise you I will break it.”My tone was deadly and it had the desired effect. He pulled his hand away but spoke again.“You had a panic attack. A severe one. Really, you shouldn’t be up on your feet so quickly.”I shot him a look of pure irritation at the fact that he had been the one to help me, had apparently stayed with me all through…How long was I out?My eyes went to the window and I realized the day was already dark. Panic mixed with the irritation because he had been with me for what was obviously a while
~Amber’s POV~The words filled the space between us with so much force that they were all I could hear despite the chatter going on around us.But my brain kicked into action fast enough. I met his gaze, standing taller. “Why do YOU smell like ME?”A frown formed on his face and even that made him
~Amber’s POV~Damn that man.Damn him to hell, have him dragged back, and then damn him again.There has never been a point in my life when I had been this angry.No. Angry was understating it.I was absolutely livid.Because that… that asshole had stood there after his ex-lover or still present l
~Amber’s POV~“NO!”The word came out with so much force I realized it had left my lips before I could think it through. But it worked for two reasons.One. No, because it had to be in my head. There was no way in hell Ian could recognize me.Amber was so distinct from the Omega version of me I ha
~Axel’s POV~I had to admit, I was… enjoying this?The smile on my face answered the question and I reached out, closing the laptop in front of me just as a voice from the phone cut through the silence.“Mr. Edgewood, are you still there?”My eyes went from the phone still in my hand that I had jus







