LOGINKade decided not to press the matter and instead focused on running a bath.…“My daughter…” Margaret bowed her head over the clean white sheet covering Serena’s body in the morgue, her tears dripping onto the fabric. “My little girl…”Jack stood nearby with his fists clenched. He had said little si
Kade’s POVThe sun had long since gone down by the time Kade returned to Crescent Hollow.Ajax drove the entire way, his fingers white around the steering wheel, occasionally looking in the rearview mirror with apprehension, as if Serena might suddenly sit up and speak.She didn’t.In fact, the driv
My lips parted, but Jayne wasn’t finished.“The third time was last week.” Her expression hardened, and she looked away, out the window at the murky swamp beyond. “My brother.”“I didn’t know you had a brother.”“He was a rogue. He’d always been an abusive asshole to me and my mom. My mom wouldn’t l
Elena’s POVI moved toward the edge of the porch, squinting into the sunlight that was filtering through the canopy overhead. Jayne stepped out of the shadows and pushed her hood back.Neither of us said anything at first. She just looked at me, and I looked at her, and I knew from the expression on
“Grieving.”Ivy blinked. “What does that mean?”“It’s… What I did for your mom.” His throat tightened. “What I did for you for a while, too.”“That doesn’t really make sense.”“It won’t,” he said, putting his hand on her shoulder. This time, she didn’t flinch away, which came as a relief. “Not until
Kade’s POVKade, Tyler, and the others didn’t return to Nightshade for two days after they left Elena behind.Each step of the way, Kade considered turning back for her. Multiple times, he had considered marching back there and scooping her up into his arms and forcing her to return with him, even k
Elena’s POVIt was over. Kade was going to banish me from Crescent Hollow—away from my baby, the one thing I truly wanted—on threat of death if I returned.All because of my selfish twin sister.It was Serena who had been poisoning Ivy. Serena who slipped the vial into my pocket.Serena who, once ag
Elena’s POVWhen Kade entered the room and saw the scene before him, Serena immediately lowered her hand. The smile she gave Kade was all teeth, like a plastic mask stretching over the horrible grimace she wore beneath.“Nothing is going on,” she lied fucking blatantly, taking a step back. “I was ju
“I can’t,” I said quickly, not wanting to reveal too much. “But I’ve… seen this condition before. If the mother was severely malnourished and weak, especially if her wolf was weakened due to this, then the child’s wolf will also be weak—thus causing the child to become chronically ill.”Kade was sil
But my grin faded when I found that the nursery door was already open, and Serena was holding Ivy.I stepped into the room and grimaced at the sight. Serena was pacing the room, rapidly bouncing a fussing Ivy. My daughter was squirming uncomfortably, head bobbing too fast and hard for an infant her







