ログイン“Grieving.”Ivy blinked. “What does that mean?”“It’s… What I did for your mom.” His throat tightened. “What I did for you for a while, too.”“That doesn’t really make sense.”“It won’t,” he said, putting his hand on her shoulder. This time, she didn’t flinch away, which came as a relief. “Not until
Kade’s POVKade, Tyler, and the others didn’t return to Nightshade for two days after they left Elena behind.Each step of the way, Kade considered turning back for her. Multiple times, he had considered marching back there and scooping her up into his arms and forcing her to return with him, even k
Eventually, the floor was as clean as it would get given the circumstances. I dumped the muddy-looking water out into the pond, then scrubbed my hands, arms, and face in the sink.Exhaustion took over me by then. I flopped onto the rickety cot without thinking twice and slept.When I woke the next m
Elena’s POVI must have sat in that spot on the porch for hours. Hell, it could have been days, and I might not have even noticed.The passage of time lost all meaning. The sun rose, turning the swamp hot and fetid with the scents of still water and rotting wood. The sun reached its zenith and the f
Kade walked up to her. He didn’t sit. He got the sense that she didn’t want that. Instead, he just let her stare at Ivy. Then down at her hands. Then at Ivy again.“It’s not your fault,” he said after a long moment.Elena didn’t answer. She just blinked, then looked back out over the swamp.Just the
Kade’s POVThe shack was quiet except for Nellie, who was making a small, whimpering sound from her chair. Kade looked at her once, then looked away.Wordlessly, Elena crossed the room and dropped to her knees beside Lana. She gathered her up, both arms pulling her close, and rocked her friend back
Elena’s POV“The healer wants me to become her apprentice. She wants me to train to become a healer like her someday.”I laid in the center of the forest clearing, my head resting on my wolf’s spectral fur. She’d finally returned—much to my relief, and hers. She was still sad and absent sometimes, b
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







