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
“I’m not going to discuss the investigation with you,” Aiden finally says, looking back at Wendy who raises her brows.“But you admit that you are investigating Miss Sanchez?”“No,” Aiden shot back. “As far as I’m concerned, everybody is innocent until proven guilty.”“But Miss Miller has already be
Carol’s POV“I don’t mean any disrespect, Mr. Cruz. But it seems all the evidence is pointing to Miss Miller. Isn’t it true that the money has been taken out with her identification?” Wendy asks.Aiden looks past the cameras and our eyes meet for the first time since the interview started. I feel a
Carol’s POVI didn’t sleep at all during the night. Aiden seemed to be tossing and turning too for most of the night and I feel bad that this whole thing is causing him so much stress. He kept going on and on about, he was pretty certain that Katrina was the one behind all of this, but there wasn’t
Carol’s POV “Coach, you can’t be serious!” Aiden says through his teeth as he paces back and forth around Coach Bower’s office. “Carol wouldn’t steal that money! You know she wouldn’t.” “The problem is, we don’t have proof that she didn’t,” Coach Bower said, folding his arms across his chest. I







