LOGINAnd yet here we are.I snatch my phone up from my desk and scroll until her name comes up in my contacts list. For a long moment, I just stare at it.It feels wrong… I shouldn’t be the one to reach out first. She’s the one who has been making a mess out of this situation. Not just recently but for t
Damon POVA week passes.Seven days since the night she walked out into Rogue-infested woods, injured and trembling, and nearly got herself killed. It’s been seven days since I dragged her back to safety, since I saved her from certain death and told her to never act that stupid again.Strangely sin
He would never do something like that for me.My eyes sting from the brutal realization but I force myself to keep working, to keep my mask steady as I pretend Ronan’s words have no effect on me.He studies me carefully, perhaps noticing the flicker in my hands. “You know… for someone so young, you
Panic grips me.I duck my head, turning away from the door before he can spot me. If he recognizes me… if Damon hears I’ve come here while he was busy dealing with Alpha stuff, I’m going to be dragged back to the Pack House by my hair and thrown into a room with a lock on the outside door.“Where is
Lena POVIt’s days before I can head to the clinic again but when I finally do, the tension coiled inside me slowly begins to unravel.The corridors smell of familiar antiseptic and faint lavender, the same mixture Maya insists calms both patients and Healers. I’ve come to hate love it despite it be
Celeste POVThe house was quiet when she slipped into Noah’s room, the faint glow of a night lamp spilling soft amber across the floor and ceiling.At the sound of the door slowly shutting behind her, Noah sat upright in his bed, his small frame tense when he caught sight of the figure standing by h
I wanted to scream at him, to claw at him, to make him see me but the truth was clear: I could not break the bond.Tears spilled down my cheeks, hot and unstoppable. “Fine. Suit yourself.”Damon sneered, but I saw the flicker of unease in his eyes.The scent of perfume rushed in first, sweet and clo
Even if she is mine… even if our bond had snapped into place the moment we slept together, nothing will change those facts from being any less true.I wipe my claws clean on my pants, moving closer to her before grabbing her arm. “Enough of this tantrum. We’re going back. You’ll walk there or I’ll c
I reel back, stunned. “What? I wasn’t even here when you originally gave it to him. What are you talking about?”Her gaze cuts to me, narrowed beneath the veil of tears. “Oh really? Then why did you attack me, Lena? You wanted me to fail so you could save him yourself and look like the hero. Well, I
Lena POVThe world tilts on its axis as Damon’s roar fills the room.For a heartbeat, silence hangs heavy. My arm drips blood onto the floorboards from the claw marks marring my skin, Noah trembling weakly in my lap. Celeste’s entire body freezes above me, her nails still gleaming scarlet in the poo







