MasukRowanValtheris laughed and when he did, something cold slid through me. Cold enough to become calm.The vampire shrieked in front of me, rotten chest split and spilling into the pristine snow. Black blood pooling hot and foul by its feet. It staggered backward, hands clawing uselessly at the ruin I
RowanThe Bloodborn's smile didn't falter. If anything, it sharpened.The vampire in front of us swayed slightly, its dead eyes fixed somewhere near my throat, but it didn't move without being told to. That was what made my stomach tighten. It wasn't hunger holding it back. It was command.The Bloo
The air changed.Cold sharpened into something metallic. The trees seemed to lean closer. Somewhere deep in the forest in front of us, a branched cracked.Faint beneath the pine, beneath the snow, beneath the wet bark and old leaves...Decay.Rot. Sweet. Copper thick. Like blood left too long in a s
Rowanthe cold air hit harder once I reached the edge of Sector 4. Out here, away from the house and it's humming wards, the forest felt bigger. Hungrier. The trees pressed close in thick black rows, their branches clawing across the wanning sun like crooked fingers. Snow dusted the ground in uneve
Mable snorted.Both Asher and I looked at her. She didn't look remotely apologetic."Sorry." She said dryly, "Nightmare DLC was pretty funny."Asher's eyes narrowed."How much did you hear?""I'm old, Asher. Not deaf."His face tightened."Mable.""What?" she asked, finally turning from the counter.
SavannahAsher crossed the room like he had walked through fire to get here. Not physically at least this time, but something about him looked burned anyway.His face was too still. His jaw too tight. His eyes kept flicking toward the door like a part of him had been left on the other side of it. H
"Make him do it again... You know what I am talking about..."Heat shot through me so suddenly I missed a step.My mind flashed backward. Years ago. Candlelight low. Rowan on his knees between shelves of pack history and ward theory, looking up at me with mischief in his eyes and devotion hidden ben
Rowan PierceBut his survival didn't mean he needed to be reckless."Asher..." I said, softly."I'm going. You're not going to stop me..." He growled and went to step around me, his voice hardening.I took a step closer, then another. I closed the distance until he could do nothing but look at me.H
SavannahThe moment Asher turned away, I realized something ugly and simple. As he was punching away at the keys, his shoulders squaring like he could hold the whole house up by force, my eyes widened.They were going out there again.And I was going to be left inside with my heart fluttering like a
AsherAnother pulse ran through the house, lights flickering. Caius's voice crackled through the link, his voice strained."They are moving fast! Two! NO! Maybe three!"Rowan's gaze snapped to Savannah and I saw the calculation in him, the same cold precision he used when the pack was bleeding and







