MasukI 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
Carol’s POV“You were amazing!” Aiden praises as we get back to our hotel room.I can’t shake the feeling I felt when I locked eyes with Morgan before leaving the party. There was something in her gaze that made me feel a little uneasy, but I hadn’t mentioned that to Aiden just yet.I don’t want to
“She’s my mate,” he reminds her. “I will always defend her.”She growls, her eyes blazing yellow in the same way that Aiden’s eyes do when he’s about to lose control of his wolf. I took a step back, worried about what she might do.“You are being ridiculous,” she mutters. “She’s no good for you and
“So, what’s the plan exactly? We can’t exactly barge into the party and start accusing people of framing me,” I tell him, peeking over at him.He shrugs.“Sounds like a great plan to me,” he teases.I roll my eyes.“I’m serious, Aiden. What are we going to do?”“Well, first, we are going to look int
Carol’s POV“That’s very helpful,” I finally say after I let that information settle in my head. “Do you think you can send me proof of all of this via my email?”“Yes, of course,” Linda says.I give her my email and I can hear her typing away on her computer.“Okay, you should receive that any seco







