ログイン“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
Eventually, the floor was as clean as it would get given the circumstances. I dumped the muddy-looking water out into the pond, then scrubbed my hands, arms, and face in the sink.Exhaustion took over me by then. I flopped onto the rickety cot without thinking twice and slept.When I woke the next m
Elena’s POVI must have sat in that spot on the porch for hours. Hell, it could have been days, and I might not have even noticed.The passage of time lost all meaning. The sun rose, turning the swamp hot and fetid with the scents of still water and rotting wood. The sun reached its zenith and the f
Kade walked up to her. He didn’t sit. He got the sense that she didn’t want that. Instead, he just let her stare at Ivy. Then down at her hands. Then at Ivy again.“It’s not your fault,” he said after a long moment.Elena didn’t answer. She just blinked, then looked back out over the swamp.Just the
Kade’s POVThe shack was quiet except for Nellie, who was making a small, whimpering sound from her chair. Kade looked at her once, then looked away.Wordlessly, Elena crossed the room and dropped to her knees beside Lana. She gathered her up, both arms pulling her close, and rocked her friend back
Tyler’s POV“We found her like this.” The old woman stepped out of the way, letting Tyler get a closer look at Elena. “With a knife in her chest—a knife we believe to be tipped with poison.”Tyler’s heart sank, all pretense of anger at the rogues suddenly slipping away when he saw Elena laying there
Serena’s POVFinally… It was done.Samantha was gone. Serena’s twin sister, who should have been dead, was finally, irreversibly, violently gone. And this time, Serena made sure she wasn’t coming back.Serena had seen to it herself; she had ensured that the poison that coated the tip of the knife wa
Elena’s POVPanic flooding my veins, I rushed over to my door and knocked. A moment later, it opened, and my guard peered at me warily through the crack—still in my nightgown, barefoot and wild-eyed.“Yes?” he asked.“Is Ivy alright? Can you check on her?”My guard furrowed his brow. “What?”“Just c
This close, my wolf wanted me to kiss him. And for a moment, I could feel the pull of the mate bond, the yearning to lean closer and press my lips to his.But I controlled myself. Kade, for his part, seemed utterly unaffected by the bond, which only made him more terrifying.“If I find out you’re ly







