LOGINSerena 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
Elena’s POVI walked around the corner and saw a familiar face—an Omega who I used to see around the pack. She was fair-haired and petite, with a mousey, timid look about her. Nellie.We rarely talked before—I didn’t talk to anyone, really—but I remembered her because of the way the others treated h
Elena’s POV“Alpha Kade!” Nellie stepped away from me and curtsied when Kade entered the room, averting her gaze respectfully—just as I used to do once as a slave.Now, I held Kade’s eyes, refusing to show weakness. It was no easy feat, fighting the instinct to defer myself, but somehow I managed it
Kade’s POV“Your heart is aflutter.”Kade grimaced at Ghost’s words. Aflutter? His heart wasn’t aflutter. That word wasn’t even in his vocabulary.“You can deny it all you want, but you’re intrigued by the second chance mate. If you hadn’t controlled yourself at dinner, you might have shoved everyth
“What was that, by the way?” Ava asked, perturbed.“I should be the one asking you that question. You manipulated the bond. Made me kiss him.”Ava paused, then replied, “I’m sorry. I couldn’t help it; it’s not easy holding back around our mate all the time. But I meant after—when you told him you wa







