Cara’s POVAs I fell through the seemingly endless sky, I heard a familiar wolf howl. Alaric. But he was too far off to help me this time, and midair as I was, quickly careening toward the bottom of the ravine, he wouldn’t have been able to do anything anyway.The ground was quickly approaching.Was
Cara’s POVWith the commission decided on what to do with Lilia, there was no longer any reason to withhold the competition, so the next day, the schedule continued, revised slightly to account for the lost days, but mostly as normal.As such, after swinging by my brothers to see my kids with Alaric
Alaric’s POVI had a few ideas about Noel’s other half. It had to be something agile like a big cat or perhaps a fox, yet it also had to be something very menacing. A big cat could be menacing, but wolves tended not to fear cats. Perhaps a large brown bear? Or some other large predator?But that wou
Alaric’s POVMelinda’s own words on the recording condemned her, as she told Noel that the intended victim of the attack was Alaric himself, and that they needed him out of the way to be reinstated from exile.As the evidence played, Melinda grew pale. The disgraced elders hissed at her, “What have
Cara’s POVHearing Lucy’s voice again sent me into a state of shock, one that took me a good long while to escape from. Was I dreaming? That was what I believed at first, that I had fallen asleep and this was a pleasant dream.But, after pinching myself, I realized I was very much awake.This was re
Cara’s POVAfter realizing we refused to be separated, they moved Alaric and me into the same room. After a few days, we both grew stronger, Alaric much faster and stronger than me, and soon we were both discharged.Though I missed the kids, my brothers agreed to keep them at their house. Alaric and
She looked like she didn’t want to. She probably wanted me to get right back into the bed I’d crawled out of. I hated to disappoint her, but I would. I wasn’t getting back into that bed for any reason. Not without Alaric at my side.“If you don’t help, I’ll just start searching on my own,” I threate
Cara’s POV“It’s alright,” she said. As I tried to sit up, she placed her hands on my shoulders, easing me back down onto the bed. “He’s okay.”“We were in the woods. He was poisoned. It was raining, and –” I was speaking quickly, barely able to catch my breath.“We know,” she said in a level voice,
Alaric’s POVI’d never been this exhausted in my life, but my first priority was making sure that Cara was alright. This was how I kept going, even after we’d made it to the hospital, when I insisted that Cara be evaluated first. I waved off any help for myself, wanting to ensure that all the best d