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 & NataliaDamon“I’m not Mira. I’m Natalia, Andrei’s ex-wife… And I’m alive.”My heart stopped.The entire room went silent for one terrible, endless moment. And then the whispers started.“Did she say… Natalia?”“Andrei’s dead wife? The one we held the funeral for?”“She’s been alive this who
Andrei’s hand slid down my stomach, his fingers dipping beneath the waistband of my panties. When he touched me, finding me already slick and ready for him, he groaned against my skin. For a moment his fingers just circled my clit, teasing, exploring, remembering.But it wasn’t enough. I needed to b
He was still talking to someone in the crowd. Not David, but someone else—another Alpha and Luna, perhaps? I couldn’t recall; I just remembered mumbling something about needing to use the bathroom and floating away.I made my way to the bathroom, stumbling slightly on my feet. The hallway seemed lon
Natalia“We don’t have to go, you know.” Damon gave me a meaningful look. “You’ve been through a lot lately. If this is too much—”“No. We should go.” The thought of visiting the house that I had once lived in, the mansion I had once thought to be my lifelong home, didn’t exactly fill me with joy. N







