ログインKade 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
Kade’s POV“Why would I want to leave? My home is here now… With my mate.”That statement made Kade’s interest pique further. He was about to tell Elena that he had decided to let her go back to Nightshade—Goddess, he had even let Tyler in today in the hopes that she would just try to make a run for
But because of my stubborn principles, I refused to show him.“No.” I lifted my chin. “I don’t have to show you my body if I don’t want to.”“Then I’ll take a peek myself,” Kade growled, reaching for my shirt. Gasping, I went to slap him again as I had the last time we’d seen each other, but he caug
Elena’s POV“Dinner?” I blurted out.Kade paused. “Yes. Dinner.”I hadn’t been expecting that, but it felt like an opportunity to get some answers—so although the thought of sharing a meal with Kade made me want to gag, I accepted the invitation. Not that it seemed I had much of a choice, anyway. I
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







