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
“Befitting of a warmonger,” I teased. If my jab amused Kade, he didn’t show it.We ate in silence for a few moments. My mind raced with what to say next—some kind of segue into the topic of my baby. I had practiced what to say, but admittedly, now that I was here, sitting directly next to Kade, I wa
Elena’s POVThe way Kade’s breath caught when he entered the room and saw me sitting there was exactly what I expected, and exactly what I had been hoping for.After last night, when I saw the way Kade looked at me in my nightgown, the desire in his eyes as he forced himself to hold me at arms’ leng
But now… Now, she was looking at him like he was the only thing in the world she could ever want. The lust in her eyes was unbearable for Kade to look at. If he gazed for too long, he might get pulled in and lose himself completely.Taking a step back, Kade said, “You hated me before. Why act like y
Elena’s POVThe scent of ash and smoke made the pounding in my head even worse. Something smelling of copper was caked in my hair. A rough rope was tied around my wrists and ankles.I woke to the feeling of my body swaying, neck aching from my head lolling backwards. Cracking my bleary eyes open, I







