LOGINI chuckled as I held back tears.“Sorry,” I murmured, trying to pull back, but she held me tighter.“I’ve missed you like crazy,” she breathed. “How’s life in the empire? I’ve been keeping tabs on you in the media. Seems you are kicking ass as the queen.”Since the inauguration ceremony last year, I
She flinched away for a moment, afraid that the darkness might hurt him, but I had faith that it wouldn’t because it was under her control now and the light in her wouldn’t be dim for the darkness.“It’s okay,” I assured her, bringing Caleb even closer into her view. She stared at him with admiratio
EpilogueAiden’s POV“She still won’t come out of her room?” Fiona asked, staring at the closed suite door with a frown. “It’s been a week since she killed her sister…”“She’s scared,” I told her, cradling Caleb in my arms. “Raelyn’s darkness is inside of her and she’s worried that she’s going to do
She was quiet for a moment while the Queen continued to bark orders in the background. The dark tendrils only seemed to grow more agitated with each passing moment.“Please, call the tendrils off and—”“I can’t,” she said quickly. “They don’t listen to me anymore… they listen to her more than they l
I wanted to believe that there was still good in Raelyn. That the darkness hadn’t taken over completely. I grabbed her arm, and I brought my gaze to meet hers; I wasn’t sure if my powers would work on her, but I had to try. I channeled her mind and when I found a connection, I realized it was weak,
Carol’s POVI used my powers to fight off the guards, using my mind manipulation to make them fight one another and using some of the spells I was taught to ward them off. I’ve practiced with mind manipulation a lot so I was able to do it quickly. I soon had some of them at least turning against the
“Shit…” Aiden whispered. I hadn’t told him this story either. This story wasn’t something I would talk about without Fiona’s permission. But I knew I needed to tell Oliver so he could better understand.“That piece of shit,” Oliver muttered. “But at the same time, they were just kids… I am a man and
“I’m not very hungry,” she muttered.I froze.“Then, why are we here?”“Because you told me you were starving,” she said, raising her brows. “You insisted on that we got food, and I wasn’t going to deny you a couple of days after your wedding.”“You could have said something, Fi,” said, sighing. “Wh
Carol’s POV“So, I made a decision,” Fiona said, peeking over at me from across the table at the restaurant. I had successfully spent the last 24 hours in the penthouse with Aiden and we had sex like crazy the entire time. By the time we woke up this morning, neither of us wanted to part from one an
“I like cooking, and I wanted to do something for you,” I told him. “Go sit and I’ll bring you the coffee.”He nodded and went to sit at the table. I moved around the kitchen and poured a couple of mugs of coffee. I brought the coffee mugs over to the table and casually set one down in front of him







