LOGINI straightened up. My heart was pounding. I looked around the room and for a single, disorienting moment, I had no idea where I was. The black stone walls, the red sky beyond the window, the dead air of this place—none of it felt right. None of it felt like mine. I felt like a man who had woken up m
Andrei’s POVThe collar of my shirt was pissing me off.I had fastened it twice already and it still insisted on sitting crooked, pulling too tight on the left side. I undid it a third time and redid it, slower, watching my hands in the mirror rather than my own face. My reflection had been botherin
Natalia’s POVHe didn’t hesitate.The moment I swung the rod toward him, his hand shot out and closed around my wrist like a vise. My arm wrenched sideways, and I felt the bones grind together under his grip, and the rod fell. It clattered somewhere on the stone floor, rolling away into the darkness
Andrei’s POVThe room was warm. The bed was soft and plush, the pillows made of feathers and velvet. Everything smelled familiar, the kind of scent that you recognize from a past life but can never put a finger on its source.Home.The woman was laying next to me, just as she always did. Amber hair
But I would do it, because the alternative was my children going through whatever came next, and that was not something I was willing to consider.I wasn’t certain yet. That was the only reason I was still trying so hard now. Because there was still a small part of me that thought that there must be
Natalia’s POVThey came for me after what felt like a full day. I say felt like because it really could have been any amount of time, or none at all. But someone did bring me some slop to eat at some point, so that had to have meant that at least a full cycle had passed.I was on my feet before the
NataliaAndrei was close.Too close.He didn’t move. Just stared down at me, his chest rising and falling rapidly. I could feel every hard inch of him against me, including the growing bulge in his pants that was now pressed firmly against my core.And what made it even worse was that I didn’t want
Natalia“Tug of war?” Damon asked, tilting his head.Lilith nodded vehemently. “It’s my favorite game, so I’d like to be the one to organize it.”Damon and I exchanged a glance, and I shrugged. I wasn’t entirely sure why Lilith seemed so interested in hosting the tug-of-war, because I had certainly
Andrei and Lilith were already seated in the living room when I arrived. Andrei was wearing a crisp white button-down shirt that made his tan skin look even darker, while Lilith was dressed in a sleek golden slip dress that matched her eyes—eyes that followed me like a hawk as I entered the room.“S
I cracked open the bedroom door and peered out. The hallway was empty. Good.I slipped out of the room and hurried down the corridor. I kept my head down, not allowing myself to look at the familiar artwork on the walls or the doors that led to rooms I’d once known intimately.I was so focused on th







