INICIAR SESIÓNSerena 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
…Serena’s POVSerena stared at Kade’s retreating form, feeling something ugly and hateful twist in her chest as she watched him go.Her wedding was ruined. The hem of the beautiful dress she had designed herself was covered in dirt from the bottom of this putrid cellar and her special day was being
“Debbie!” Kade was kneeling over her, trying to pin her to the bed by her shoulders, but it was no use. Her hand shot out and grabbed a cup on her bedside table, which she hurled at his head.Kade, Serena, and I just barely ducked in time. The cup sailed past all three of us before finally crashing
Elena’s POVI followed Nellie out of the room and down the stairs. The house was buzzing with activity as servants prepared for the wedding, but perhaps that was a good thing—no one noticed us as we rushed out through the servants’ entrance at the back of the house.“Where are we going?” I asked as
…Kade’s POVThe wedding was beautiful, of course. Kade had to hand it to Serena—she had good taste, and had clearly spared no expense.As the guests filed into the chapel, gasping in awe at the beautiful violin music and the white flowers adorning every pew, Kade waited by the wedding arch with a p







