Mag-log inKade 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
Tyler took another step. Small, careful. He was close now, close enough. I saw his weight shift forward onto the balls of his feet, his whole body coiling, ready to spring.Serena saw it too.It happened too fast. Tyler lunged. Serena’s arm moved. Lana made a sound that I will never be able to forge
Elena’s POVThe whole room went still.Lana stood in the center of the shack with her chin lifted and her eyes wide, and Serena stood behind her with one arm hooked around her collarbone and the other pressing a knife flat against her throat.My knife.Nobody moved. Nobody spoke. The only sound was
Kade looked up at me. I shook my head, not sure what to say other than, “We’ll figure it out when we get home.”Tyler looked around. “Lana isn’t here?” he asked.I whirled toward him. “What do you mean? I thought she was with you.”Tyler just shook his head slowly.I cursed under my breath.“We’ll f
Elena’s POVMy head pounded even worse than before when I finally woke again. It wasn’t just the back of my skull that ached with a dull throb, but now also my chin felt like I’d taken a boot to the underside of it.Which I had.I tasted copper in my mouth, and when I pushed my tongue against my low
Harrison set a steaming cup of coffee in front of me. It was rich and velvety, and had a slight froth to it that immediately made me want to know his coffee-making secrets.“Is Nightshade like that for you?” he asked, sitting across from me.I hesitated. Of course it was. Or at least, it usually was
Kade’s POVThree men.Elena had been approached by three men tonight.First there was Harrison—that squirrely, nervous healer with the mop of red hair and the ink-stained hands. Kade had seen the way he’d looked at Elena, like she was the only woman in the room, even if she didn’t seem to see it her
Elena’s POVThe room fell silent. Kade and Tyler froze in the doorway, staring at the scene before them in shock.Three girls on the floor, gasping for breath and clutching wounds. One cowering in the corner with wide eyes and a heaving chest. And then there was me and Beth—both holding improvised w
Elena’s POVI stared at Mason, certain I had misheard.His future Luna?As in, he thought I was going to marry him?I had to have misheard him. Mason and I had only met a couple of times before—once at the dress shop, and then at home. And, of course, now.I appreciated the gown he’d purchased for m







