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
“I can’t do this,” I whispered once we were in the hallway. “I can’t fucking do this.”Damon wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close.. “It won’t be forever,” he promised, just like we’d promised the twins. “Just until the warriors leave.”“But their little faces were filled with such hurt,” I
“Need a hand?”I jumped at the sound of Emily’s voice, nearly dropping the hammer on my foot. She was standing behind me with a knowing smile on her face.“What?”“I asked if you needed a hand,” she repeated, looking up at the house. “But it seems like you’re a bit… distracted.”I followed her gaze
“So you did all of this… for what?” Natalia asked. “In the hopes that I would sleep with David?”“Of course. I had a camera set up in that sitting room. I was going to record the whole thing and post it online for everyone to see.” I leaned closer, enjoying the way her face went pale. “Can you imagi
But that was impossible. I had no children. The only woman who had ever carried my child was Natalia, and she had lost the baby in the car crash. She had told me so herself, and I had never seen that other woman, their mother, in my life.Did Damon have children with this woman? Or were they his chi







