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
“Until the time is right?” I pulled my hand away, feeling hot tears beginning to prick at the corners of my eyes. “What if Serena’s intention is to eliminate my child before the wedding? What then? The time is now!”Samson’s face fell. “I know. Trust me—I understand your fears. I’m a father too, you
Elena’s POV“She left me in the wilds,” Nellie finished quietly. She was sitting in the chair next to my cot, staring down at her lap with wide, tear-filled eyes. Many tears had already dripped onto her skirt as she told her harrowing tale, and each one made my heart twist for her. “With my wrists t
Elena’s POV“Your daughter?” Natasha scoffed, taking a step back. “That’s impossible, Samson. I would have remembered if I gave birth to a second child.”“I never said you were her mother.” Samson shot his wife a look. “And no, I didn’t cheat on you, either. So don’t go there, Natasha.”Natasha snap
“Tell the truth, Nellie. If you need me to jog your memory about what really happened, then I will.”I jutted my chin out and unbuttoned the first few buttons of my shirt. I revealed my bra and, most importantly, my bandages—bandages from behind which black spiderwebs still spread out across my skin







