More than before.More than I ever thought possible.***The next day, I had barely made it back to Silverclaw before Joe flagged me down.“Don’t forget,” he said, dropping a folder on my desk. “You’ve got that trip coming up.”I blinked. “What trip?”Joe gave me a look. “The one you insisted we boo
DEREKshouldn’t have done that.Goddess help me, I shouldn’t have fucked her in the car.Not in a public alley. Not in a luxury vehicle with windows that weren’t even tinted dark enough to shield us from passersby. Not with photographers crawling through every backstreet hoping to snap a scandal.Pa
ELENAI had never been this forward in my entire life.Not even close.Not the time I kissed a boy in a thunderstorm at seventeen. Not the time I slipped my number to the visiting Alpha’s Beta just to see if Mason would have a meltdown. Not even the time I told Logan, with full eye contact, that I d
CASSANDRAI survived the Blightwood.Barely.The memories came back to me in jagged flashes, like shards of broken mirror pressed too close to my eyes. The searing pain in my lungs as I ran, the stench of rot curling into my throat, the sensation of the forest closing in around me—not just the trees
ELENAI couldn’t stop talking about the date.Erin. Mason. The maids. Dawn. Even Chad.It was like my mouth had no filter anymore. Everything that usually kept me a little reserved—my instinct to be discreet, to keep things private, to protect the sacred things in my life—had been torched the second
“Miss Hart,” she said, smiling. “It’s so wonderful to see you down here! Back on your feet?”“I brought donuts,” I said. “Thought the kids might like a treat.”Miss Crystal stood and dusted her hands on her apron. “They’re going to lose their minds,” she said warmly. “Especially your little one. He’