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
AndreiI poured myself another glass of whiskey. It was my third—or was it my fourth?—of the night. The amber liquid sloshed over the rim and spilled across my fingers, turning them sticky, but I didn’t care.I just brought the glass to my lips and drank deeply, welcoming the burn as it traveled dow
NataliaA few days later, I made my way down the dimly lit staircase that led to the Ashmoor cells, a place I’d rarely had reason to visit in the five years I’d been here.I didn’t like visiting places like this—not even when I was the Luna of Moonshadow. It was dark and dank and I hated the way the
Lilith & AndreiLilithPerfect. Everything was going according to plan.I tucked myself behind a marble column, watching as Natalia stumbled down the hall with Alpha David’s arm looped around her waist. Even from here, I could see the way her footsteps staggered and her head lolled against his shoul
Dreams that I would rather keep to myself. Especially because tonight wasn’t the first time I’d had them. Far from it, in fact.“I don’t remember that,” I lied, but I could feel my cheeks burning hotter as he looked at me.“You’re blushing,” he pointed out, his voice dropping lower. The sound sent a







