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
Tyler’s POV“HELP!”The mental voice took Tyler by surprise. That voice… It was Samantha’s.Somehow, she had mindlinked him.Tyler didn’t hesitate. He shoved his way through the crowd and ran out of the ballroom. His footsteps were still unsteady from the lingering effects of the alcohol, but he did
Kade’s POV“The attack last night was caused by the child—I am sure of it!”“She’s a bad omen, Alpha Kade. Her mother caused the downfall of this pack, and became a slave because of it. The child surely contains her dark and rotten blood. Get rid of her before you name her.”The sounds of Kade’s adv
But truthfully, I wasn’t sure if I had it in this body. I’d become so used to it throughout my life that I rarely thought about it, if at all. And I certainly hadn’t thought to check for it when I woke up in this new body.What if it was still there? I couldn’t let Kade see it; he would know who I r
Samantha’s POVMy bedroom door did little to muffle the sounds of revelry coming from all around the pack. The entire pack was in a cacophony, howls and shouts and laughter rising into the air as wolves found their mates beneath the light of the full moon.Ava was howling, too. Not with joy like the







