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
Carol’s POVThe vomiting drowned out the sounds of the gasps. Aiden was quick to shield me from everyone staring. My stomach was normally stronger than this; what the hell was wrong with me? I was too wrapped up in myself and the fact that I just threw up in front of the entire pack, I hadn’t realiz
Without another word, he hung up the phone.He smiled at me when he noticed me watching him and then he walked over to sit with me, wrapping an arm around my shoulders.“Who’s Damien?” I asked.“My intern,” he answered.I looked at him surprised.“You have an intern?”He nodded and sighed.“Yeah, he
Carol’s POV“Ouch!” I exclaimed.“Sorry, but it would be helpful if you stopped moving,” Fiona huffed as she stuck another needle in the jeans, she forced me into. Don’t get me wrong, I was glad to be helping my best friend, but seriously, she needed to stop poking me with that damn thing.When I fi
“It happens. Shifters are still part human,” he explained. He glanced at Fiona who looked mortified now. “I would never cheat on you, babe. You know that.”“How do you know so much about this juice then?” Fiona asked, putting her hands on her hips.I took the juice and thanked the bartender as I too







