MasukSerena 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
Samantha’s POV“You should try on the blue one. It’ll bring out your eyes.”I’d never had the chance to attend an event like the Alpha Ball before Kade took me as his slave and my life changed completely. Therefore, it was no wonder that I didn’t know what to wear—or how to prepare for such an event
Samantha’s POVI pressed my hand to my chest as I peeked through the curtains. Kade’s car was pulling out of the driveway below, and his departure was making my wolf bristle with disappointment. My wolf—who had been dormant for days now.“Where have you been?” I asked, retreating into that mental sp
One of the healers glanced up at me, then shrugged. “We’re not sure yet. She just started throwing up in the middle of the exercise. I suspect food poisoning.”I furrowed my brow, confused. All of the Omegas ate the same food—prepared by the pack cooks. If no one else was sick, including myself, the
I let out a small breath of relief as the Omegas released me and Tyler began to whisk me away. Natasha’s eyes burned holes into the back of my head, but I knew Tyler and Samson would listen to me.They seemed to be some of the only people in the world who would.A little while later, we were back ex







