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
I was amazed with my own strength because the rod broke free from the plane, and I was able to remove it from his body. Throwing the rod into the ocean below us, I quickly got to work at stopping the bleeding.There were a couple of rags in the kit as well that I was able to use, but the blood soake
Aiden was lying on his stomach and right in the middle of his back was a metal rod from the plane. It pierced through his body and kept him stuck to the top of the plane. My heart shattered and tears immediately filled my eyes.“Oh, God,” I gasped. “You’re hurt…”“I can’t move,” he whispered.“Let m
How had I washed up here?Where the hell was Aiden? I reached into my pocket and frowned when I didn’t feel my phone. I shouldn’t be surprised that my phone didn’t wash up with me. Even if it did, it probably wouldn’t have worked. It would have gotten water damage.I felt so stupid for that ping of
Carol’s POVI’m not sure how long I sat and stared at him; my mind was completely blank while King Bennet held my brain captive. It felt like an evasion in my mind and now I knew without a doubt that Tilly knew I was roaming around her mind.It was a chilling experience, but it ended quickly. He rel







