ANMELDENI grew up in the pack, and I’ve never stepped out of our town, so seeing the city for the first time feels refreshing and intimidating in equal measure. The city is not a far cry from the town. They’re actually pretty similar, like the pack is a mini version of the city, only louder, busier, and mor
PART FOUR“Why do you always wear black?”“Isn’t black too much of a stretch?” Rome smirks as he answers my question with one of his. We’re lying down on my bed, facing each other. He’s in a casual crewneck long-sleeve black t-shirt, and my fingers trace his pecs through the shirt as we talk about n
Wouldn’t it have been better if I had told her that he spoke to me and said he would come back in two years?Wouldn’t it have been better if I had told her that the guys found out about her sleepwalking? That I had no way to control it, but it happened?Wouldn’t it have spared her the heartbreak, th
Remy and I reappear out of the shadows in the foyer of a large house, not a second after we left King’s place.I know I should be thinking about the fact that I just umbraported, something I shouldn’t be able to do, something I don’t think even Remy can do, or maybe she can.I know I should go looki
What if I did sneak out?“This is so messed up, you know?” My dad sighs, and for a moment, I feel bad. What right do I have to be mad at him for telling them? It’s not like I outright came out and told him not to tell anyone. I just thought we had an unspoken agreement not to, and he knew I wasn’t c
BetrayalShameFearThese emotions are warring inside me as I lie here, each one fighting for dominance, each one savagely scratching its way to the surface and dripping down my face as tears.How could they?How could he?!I must have fallen asleep at King’s place after the movie. Ever since I star
It’s late by the time dad and I get home, and I’m tired. Usually after I’m done training, I either come straight home or hang out with King and Ansel, but today…I still might have been a little scared of the faceless watcher who may actually turn out to be the god of death. I decided to stay in the
“I wish I could be loved like how you love her.” I sigh“You already are.”You already are.Both he and Remy say it at the same time, and it pulls a smile onto my face.“Rome?”“His methods are questionable, but he watched over you for years from the shadows, he protected you, defended you, killed f
“When you said whatever that smell was, it was like death, I thought of that story about your mate’s dad or whatever being the god of death.”Remy perks up at his words, as if his words are the trigger she needs to figure something out.He’s right“He is?”I say that out loud, and so everyone else l
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that,” I say to him, and he gives me a small smile.“You can talk to us,” he says. “We’re always here to listen, but we need to know now, because you’re currently a danger to yourself and others, and we don't want that to continue.” His eyes quickly scan his mate.“I don’t







