LOGINHarrison, standing in the doorway of the bedroom with Tyler’s shirt around his shoulders, noticed the look in Tyler’s eyes immediately.They checked the house first. The kitchen, the sitting room, the back garden. Tyler’s father’s warriors were posted outside, but none of them had seen Elena leave.
Tyler’s POVIt was strange, being happy. Truly happy, on the inside, not just on the surface. The kind of happiness where you can’t stop smiling until your face hurts and you can hardly breathe from how full your chest feels and all you can think is that you could totally die in this moment and stil
Elena’s POVThe forest was especially quiet tonight, but it wasn’t dark. The snow had dampened all sound, turning the woods hushed and tranquil. All of the daytime critters were already asleep in their dens, and the nighttime owls and mice were resting, waiting for morning to come so that the sun wo
My father pulled up to the house and helped me out of the car. “Eat dinner, then rest,” he said, rubbing soothing circles on my back. “We’ll work out our next steps tomorrow. You’ll get custody of Ivy.”I clenched my jaw. I didn’t have the energy right now to correct my father and tell him that it w
Kade’s POVKade stood at the end of the driveway for a long time, even long after the car disappeared.Something stirred in Kade’s chest that he didn’t have a name for. Or maybe he did have a name for it, but he just didn’t want to call it what it was. Because if he did, then that would mean he’d ha
“Elena,” my father said warningly.I stroked Ivy’s hair. “I’ll see you again, sweetheart,” I said, gently disentangling myself from her. “I just have to go away for a little while longer, but then we’ll be together again.”She sniffled. “You and me and Daddy, you mean?” she asked, wiping her nose. “
“She’s not dead,” Serena hissed, poking her finger into the center of Nellie’s chest. “You were supposed to make sure she was dead. What the fuck happened?”Nellie’s throat bobbed. “I-I don’t know! She was dead when I left her—”“Don’t fucking lie to me.” Serena leaned close to Nellie, partially ext
Elena’s POVThe world was dark again for a little while.I came to on an infirmary bed for the second time that day. It was becoming a little too close to a routine for me, it seemed—blacking out, only to wake up in agony in a hospital cot, blinking up at the bright lights on the ceiling of the infi
“Let’s do it, then.” Samson looked at me. “If you consent to it, of course.”I paused, my throat too tight to speak. All my life, I had assumed my biological father was nothing more than a deadbeat—that he had abandoned my mother, leaving her pregnant and alone, and that he wasn’t worth knowing.But
Elena’s POV“Samson! Father!” I pounded frantically on the door despite the late hour, tears streaming down my face in torrents. “We need to talk! Please!”I heard a grunt and shuffling inside the room. The door swung open a few moments later, revealing Samson standing there in his robe, his hair di







