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
Nothing had worked. The medicine stopped working years ago. The best healers couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her. No amount of therapy seemed to pierce the haze that had clouded her mind.To Debbie, she was constantly being raped over and over again, constantly reliving that night of horror,
Kade’s POVIt was the day before Kade’s wedding. The pack was bustling with preparations, the sun was bright and melting the snow on the ground, the birds were chirping, but Kade felt… absent. Like he wasn’t present, not really—more a mere observer of the life of another man.Any normal groom would
Kade’s POV“I’ll have no choice but to pull out of this trade agreement if we can’t come to a compromise, Alpha Atwood. I’m sorry, but I have to look out for my people, too.”Kade crossed his ankle over his knee beneath the table, leaning forward on his elbows. Across the table, the opposing Alpha g
I dropped my bag and rushed forward, throwing myself into my brother’s arms.“Tyler,” I murmured into his chest, “I missed you.”He rested his chin on top of my head. “I missed you too, sister.”We held each other for a long moment, just savoring each other’s comfort.“Alright, alright. That’s enoug







