Mag-log inSerena planted a hand on her hip and cocked her head. “You done?” she asked almost impatiently, gesturing to the tray. “Because I made you soup, and I’d hate to deny giving it to you just because you’re being naughty.”“Fuck you and your soup,” Kade snarled. “Where’s Elena? Where’s Ivy? Where are th
Kade’s POV“Kade…”He couldn’t feel the mate bond anymore, and it terrified him. Like reaching into a familiar space where there was once warmth and life, only to find cold emptiness within.But he could hear her voice calling to him, soft and distant. She was there still, just further now, and all
Elena’s POV“She was supposed to heal you.”“I know. She didn’t.”“Why?”“I don’t know… She tended my wound, but she didn’t use her powers…”The voices faded in, slow at first, then all at once. I blinked my eyes open, adjusting to the darkness around me. The air smelled like damp earth and somethin
Whoever lived here was gone at the moment, but they could come back anytime. We decided to keep one person on the lookout, prepared to call out if anyone showed up. That person wound up being Lana.Tyler, Kade and I laid Nellie out on the table, propping a small, somewhat foul-smelling pillow from t
Elena’s POVKade crouched down, letting Nellie climb onto his back with Tyler’s help. He hooked his arms under her knees and stood, and we kept moving.Nobody talked much, other than Nellie, who quietly pointed Kade in the right direction. The forest was too thick and too dark for idle conversation,
Kade got to work without question.As I worked, carefully packing the white paste into the puncture wounds all around Nellie’s leg, Tyler looked at me. A moment later, his voice slipped into my mind.“Why don’t you just use your power to heal her?”My jaw tightened. “I can’t.”“What? Why?”I glanced
To my relief, Mason didn’t look disappointed at all. “Well, accidents happen. What you’re wearing tonight is actually even more beautiful—it really shows off your sense of style.” He leaned in a little closer, smirking. “And I have to admit, it’s sort of refreshing to see a woman dressed simply amon
Elena’s POV“How long have you been standing there?” I blurted out.The words slipped out of my mouth before I could stop them. I instantly regretted them, fearing I sounded too suspicious. To my relief, Kade simply blinked at me in confusion, then said slowly, “I don’t know. A few seconds?”“Oh.” I
“But he told me to take Ivy away for the weekend.”“I don’t care what he said,” Jack cut her off with a sneer. “We’ve worked too hard and too long to let him slip through your fingers now. Leave the kid here, and go back there right now. Show him that you won’t be pushed around anymore. Don’t let th
Elena’s POV“It was you, wasn’t it?”I stopped running and turned to face Beth fully. The strange circumstances surrounding the fire, the sneer on her face, all of it—Natasha had to have put Beth up to it. She was becoming Natasha’s newest little minion, after all.Beth paused, still jogging in plac







