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 woke to an intense pain in my chest.It was greater than any pain I’d felt before—greater, even, than the pain I’d felt when I had experienced death for the first time. It burned through me like a wildfire raging behind my ribs, spreading outward to every muscle and tissue and sinew.I
“Melvin, I need a break,” I said, panting. “My chest hurts so bad, and I feel like I’m developing a fever—”“Too bad. Keep scrubbing.”“But—”Before I could finish, Melvin hopped off the table and stormed over to me. He sent the bucket slamming against the floor with a swift kick, icy water spraying
“Now.” Samson turned to Nellie, leaning in close to inspect her eyes. Her pupils were dilated, just as mine probably were. “Nellie, tell me the truth about what actually happened in Crescent Hollow.”With a nod, Nellie began. Over the next few minutes, she repeated everything that happened in Cresce
Elena’s POVAnother blood transfusion from Tyler seemed to do the trick. I recovered quickly from my fainting spell, and after the transfusion, I felt much better. My fever subsided and I felt much stronger than even before the episode.I wanted to speak to Samson and Tyler about what happened now t







