I couldn’t help laughing. "You’re a menace.""Pot, meet kettle," she purred."Let’s go check on the injured wolves before you convince me to hump the doorway."That got a delighted bark of laughter from her, and I could feel her tail swishing in my head like she was strutting.We made our way to the
I wiped down the final countertop in the kitchen, giving it another pass even though it didn’t need it. The lemon-scented cleaner clung to the air, sharp and clean, but it did little to ease the weight pressing down on my chest. I wasn’t cleaning, I was distracting myself, trying to fill the gnawing
I opened my mouth to protest, but she cut me off with a surge of command I hadn’t expected.“Crael. Do not argue. Just do it.”The force of her order slammed into my mind like a divine gale. My knees buckled for half a breath.What in the name of Olympus…? How was she becoming stronger? I’d been an
The soft rustle of leaves and the distant calls of morning birds signaled the break of dawn. One by one, the others stirred, stretching limbs and rubbing sleep from their eyes as they began their routines with practiced efficiency. I stood back, silently observing, until a sharp tug in my chest aler
They don’t know.None of them sees it yet, the silent truth unraveling beneath their feet like a buried serpent. Every step they take, every whisper cloaked in strategy, only tightens the noose I’ve strung around their necks. And they smile through it all, believing themselves wise.With his celesti
The only ones who knew of its location were Gaia’s line and her sworn protectors.Lorna’s grandmother was one of them, and her mother was, too. Now it falls to her, though she barely knows the weight she carries.Lucifer warned us. The vampires and demons are stirring, desperate to unseal the Underw