LOGIN“Do you remember what he looked like?”“It’s all a blur. Sorry.”I nodded slowly, looking around again. I spotted Max on the other side of the yard, returning to his work with a group of other males.“What’s the labor for?” I asked. “Are we building something?”“We think it’s for an army. The stone
Natalia’s POVBy the end of the first hour, my shoulders were burning and my palms had gone from sore to numb. The rock I’d been assigned to break with a heavy pickaxe was dense and black, and I was expected to break it into small pieces, then place them on a large wagon. One of those awful gray thi
A pair of figures crossed our path as we walked across the roadway. We fell into step behind them naturally, matching their pace. Neither of them looked back.The water trough was near the center of the settlement. I spotted a short line of people standing in front of it. It wasn’t running water, bu
Natalia’s POVI jerked awake with a gasp.The red sky was the same as it always was. Max was curled on his side a few feet away, still asleep, his chest rising and falling slowly. Nothing had moved. Nothing had changed.I pressed my hand flat against the ground and steadied my breathing.The vision
Natalia’s POVThe report came back the following morning. I’d hardly slept that night, which was strange for me; usually, sleep came quickly and efficiently, serving purely as a means to regain my energy for another day of hard work.But last night, I kept tossing and turning. That pull in my chest
“It’s no use!” I heard her voice call after me. “He’s already gone, you stupid bitch! He’s not who you think he is anymore! You’ll all die here!”Her words struck me somewhere deep and painful, but I kept running. We didn’t stop until the hovel was well out of sight. Only then, once we were certain
“And you’ve always been too blind to appreciate what you had,” Damon shot back, landing a solid hit to my ribs.I shoved him hard, sending him stumbling back against the desk. “I loved her! I mourned her for years!”“You just mourned the idea of the perfect, obedient mate who would sit around waitin
NataliaThe sun filtered through the trees, dappling the picnic blanket with spots of gold. Jane was sprawled across my lap, her raven hair spread out around her head like a dark halo as she napped, while Max was carefully stacking small, flat rocks into a tower a few feet away.Damon and Grace were
“Are you seriously defending him right now?”“I’m just saying that maybe we shouldn’t make any hasty decisions. The alliance has been beneficial for both packs, politically and economically.”“And what about emotionally? What about my sanity? What about the twins?”At the mention of the twins, Damon
The boy wiped his nose with the back of his hand. “We were sleeping with Mommy. Then there was a loud noise, like glass breaking. A big man in black clothes came through the window and grabbed her.”My blood turned to ice. Rogues. It had to be.“Mommy fought him,” Jane added between sobs. “She scrat







