MasukI felt a flicker on the other end and let out a small breath. He was alive, which meant that not all was lost. But I couldn’t contact him. I tried desperately, but either he was indisposed or my wolf was too exhausted to make the connection; I felt nothing more than that initial flicker, followed by
Elena’s POVI pulled my hand back through the bars and stared at the huddled little mass in the cage next to me, studying her face as best I could in the dim light.My daughter stared right back at me.That was her, alright. Ivy. My little girl. Her face, although dirty, her hair disheveled and her
Serena 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 POVI really didn’t want to return to the house the next day. Not now that I knew that my dead daughter’s replacement might be there, mistaking me for my twin sister.But for Debbie’s sake, I went anyway.Someone had put her straitjacket back on in the night, it seemed. And although she wasn
“Well?” she finally asked, removing her glasses and rubbing the red spot on her nose where they always pinched her skin. “How did it go?”Setting aside my food, I sighed and explained Debbie’s condition to her. Her brow furrowed further and further as I told her about the symptoms and my inability t
Kade jogged over to her, snow seeping into his shoes, and helped her up. She wiped her snotty nose with her mitten and stared after the shrinking car.“Mommy…” she whimpered.“Why do you keep calling her that?” Kade asked, frowning. Ivy had been chattering away about Elena all night, and kept referr
Elena’s POVWhen I reached the top of the stairs, a figure appeared in Kade’s bedroom doorway—Serena.She froze, staring at me for a long, tense moment. She must have known I was coming; although she probably assumed that I would be too much of a coward to show my face.Well, she was wrong.“Hello,







