A reminder that I lived in survival mode, whilst she lived in her perfect boxed house, playing doctor… “I’m not asking you to. All I’m saying is shift to this other place until the Arkan are taken care of. They know who you are, Valerie. You had pictures in your room.” “That’s my problem!” she sna
VALERIE. I’m hurting him all over again, but I’m panicking. Things are moving too fast. He can’t just make these decisions for me. I’m an adult and this isn’t right. You can’t just make these decisions alone, you're supposed to discuss them, not act like a caveman and just- take me away! This isn’
“Sounds like a plan. Just try to listen when I’m explaining something?” I scoff. “What did you say? Excuse me!” “I’m afraid I can’t because I’m not done with you,” he whispers, suddenly hoisting me up and pushing me up against the wall behind me. I gasp, feeling my core heat up, throbbing with de
VALERIE. My heart races, the phone almost slipping from my hold as his words ring in my mind. Zade turns, carrying me over to the chest of drawers and places me on top of it, still holding me tightly as he takes his own phone out and types something in on the web browser. “I’m coming there,” Atti
“Well, that’s not my job, but this one is. We’ll contact you if we need to ask anything further. Leave your address please,” he says. Zade takes the paper and I know for a fact he won’t be leaving the correct address, and I don’t want him to either. I didn’t like this officer at all. There’s just s
VALERIE. I’m pacing the bedroom floor wondering if I should have a word with Atticus before introducing him to Zade. After all, I don’t want him to say anything hurtful to him, but then… didn’t I say hurtful things to Zade earlier? I have always been blunt and pretty harsh at times, to the point I
VALERIE. “Get away from her!” Atticus snarls, grabbing my arm and yanking me behind him protectively, the flowers he had passed me falling to the floor. Zade doesn’t move, but I see the way his jaw tightens, and the flicker of blue in his eye as he stands there, emotionless and calm on top, but I
“Ok… let’s eat,” I say, hoping the food distracts them from the intense eye lock between them. “So now the car crash makes sense. What exactly are you involved in that is putting Valerie in danger?” Atticus growls just as I plate the grilled chicken. “Atticus…” I say, feeling a sting at his words,
We step into the lift, the silence stretching loud between us. I look over at her. Her lipstick is smudged, her lip cut, she has bruises and cuts all over her, and her curly hair tumbling in front of her face. Somehow, she looks regal… despite the pain she’s in, she’s holding up, the fire in her eye
~ ZION ~My fingers dip lower, brushing along her smooth pussy, drawing a soft, sexy moan from her lips. She swears breathlessly against my lips as she reaches down, freeing me from my boxers and pants.I can hear the faint sound of sirens in the distant but as reckless as it is, I don’t fucking car
I slam the brakes.We’re both launched forward and Zion’s arm flies out, catching me before I break my nose on the wheel.The SUV shoots past us and propels straight over the edge.It flips, hitting the rock face below, and erupts in a fireball that lights up the cliff side. The ground trembles slig
~ MILENA ~“Oh, you did not, you fucking assholes!” I snarl, rage tearing through me. The pain in my forearm barely registers as I wrench the wheel to the side, slamming our car into the one on the left. I time it perfectly. Their tyres catch the curb and the vehicle lurches violently.“Milena!” Zio
“Your dad gives me a reaction, and he’s a tad more gullible than you, so it’s fun to mess with him.” Her impish smile reminds me of Xander, and I shake my head.“I’m glad this isn’t real then. You and Xander would be the death of him.”“Yeah, we’ll keep the pretence going though. If the Arkan had an
It’s crazy how I actually would trust her around them, even if she is one of the Arkan. She has some compassion when it comes to kids… looking at her now as she talks to Kaia about something it’s almost hard to imagine she’s a killer. Almost.The image of her cold eyes as she raised a gun and pulled
~ ZION ~Milena. She has a way of keeping me on edge when nothing else or no one else has that effect on me; I don’t know what she’ll do next; it was one of the things I like about her, but right now I’m not enjoying it. Her sly smiles that tell me she’s up to something and the way she hugs Mom and
Kaia, on the other hand, is confident and bubbly. That’s the only way to describe the twenty-one-year-old redhead with the huge smile and bright blue eyes like Zion’s.His uncle is a few tables down, but occasionally I feel the prickling sensation at the back of my neck of someone watching me, and I
~ MILENA ~“Smell me?” I repeat, my cheeks involuntarily flush as I shove him back, only to meet hard fucking muscle.“Your arousal, to be precise.” He smirks, baring those teeth in a dangerous smile.Oh, hell no.I know what werewolves are capable of, but right now I don’t need to hear that. I don’