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
“Turn around,” I said, and he did, bracing his hands on the wall. I lathered his back, kneading the knots along his spine. He arched slightly when I hit a sore spot, but he didn’t pull away. My hands slid lower, over the curve of his ass, down his thighs.When I was done with his back, I turned him
Andrei’s POVI tore through the suite like a rabid animal, yanking open closets, checking under the bed, even looking in places too small for even the twins to fit into.“Natalia!” I shouted, drawing the attention of patrolling guards, who came to stand in the doorway with puzzled expressions. “Nata
Mother grinned like the cat that got the cream. “This, however… This is my finest work.” She pushed the wheelchair out into the light. The old man curled in the seat barely stirred at the movement—just groaned softly, gnarled hands twisting in his lap.I gasped when Mother pushed him into the light
Andrei’s POVThe howls of wolves and the shouts of men grew distant as Damon and I hurried deeper into the cave. I leaned half of my weight on my brother as my wolf worked overtime to mend the wound in my abdomen. The sudden quiet of the deep cave was even worse than the noise outside.“This way,” D







