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
DAMON“Natalia, stay in your room.”She looked at me like she wanted to argue, to press for answers, but I didn’t give her the chance. I closed the door softly but firmly, cutting off her wide, panicked eyes. Behind the door, I could still feel her wolf—agitated, alert, pressing against her skin lik
It stung. Deeply.But none of that mattered. The only thing that mattered was that Natalia was alive.Lilith hadn’t stopped crying. Not when I’d pulled her from the pool. Not when she clung to my arm like her survival depended on it. Not even when we headed up to our rooms to retire for the night.B
NATALIANot long after I had settled into Damon’s pack, I found out that I’d been blessed with not just one baby, but two.Max was born first—loud, furious, all fists and red-faced rage. Jane followed fifteen minutes later, quiet and blinking, one tiny hand curled in a fist like she already knew the
LILITHHe murmured her name in his sleep again.It came out like a prayer, soft and slurred, tangled in breath and wine. “Natalia…”I froze where I stood beside the bed, the towel still in my hands, dripping with the water I’d used to wipe his fevered brow. The room smelled of alcohol and crushed fl







