LOGINRogue King Kargon’s POVMorgana walked into my office without knocking. I poured her a glass of bourbon and handed it over. “For you to forget your manners, this must be serious.”She took the glass and drank quickly, wincing at the burn. “Jason is dead,” she finally said.I set the bottle down. I wasn’t surprised. Jason was unstable and reckless. My wolf had mocked me for working with him. He knew Jason would fail, and now I’d have to listen to him gloat for days.“How?” I questioned. “Was it Alpha Nolan?”“The Princess did it,” Morgana said.I inclined my head in respect and said, “I didn’t think she had it in her.”“She stabbed him and then tore his throat out,” Morgana said.“Smart. You always have to make sure your enemy won’t come back,” I said, taking a big gulp of my drink. “What about her? Did the rogues kill her?”“She escaped the house during the fire after she killed him. She’s at Moonbrook now with her Alpha. They’ll return to Bloodmoon tomorrow morning,” Morgana said.“H
Talia’s POV“No, Colin.” I smiled at him.“Come on, Talia.”“The Rogue King and Morgana are still out there. Killing them is our next goal. I am not throwing a party in the middle of an operation,” I stated firmly. I didn’t want to get distracted and let them get the upper hand.“You are not in the middle of an operation. You are in a hospital bed, coming off a fever that should have killed you. You’re going to rest tonight, at least. Or your body will choose for you, and it’ll be longer than a day,” Colin explained.I looked at Nolan for help, but he said, “He’s right. You need to rest.”“Are you best friends now?” I teased.Colin threw his arm around Nolan’s shoulders. Colin looked proud of himself while Nolan looked unfunny.“We are. He and I have been bonding all week. We have inside jokes, a handshake, the whole thing. You missed it,” Colin responded.Nolan deadpanned and shoved him off.I laughed and said, “Fine. Fine. I’ll go.”“Now go away and make it happen. Talia has someone
Talia’s POVJason was on the floor in front of me. He couldn’t speak now. Every time he tried, blood bubbled from his mouth. I saw him try to open the door, but he ended up trapping himself in here with me. He thought he was locking me in with him, but it was actually the other way around.“Please, please,” Jason was finally able to say.His begging only made my wolf angrier. How dare he ask for mercy now? He’d shown none when he helped kill my father or when he kidnapped me and tried to force his mark on me. I remembered the way he smiled at me the day my father went mad. Jason didn’t deserve mercy.I lunged forward and bit into his neck. I shook him until my teeth snapped together, and then Jason fell to the ground, his neck torn open.I knew the moment he died because his face began to change as the light faded from his eyes. ‘Good riddance,’ my wolf huffed.I had killed him. I kept the promise I made to myself back in the rose garden. I had avenged Father, Robin, and all the othe
Nolan’s POVI carried Talia through the woods to Moonbrook. She stayed unconscious, and with every step, my wolf grew more anxious.‘Why won’t she wake up?’ he whined.‘I don’t know, but we’re going to find out,’ I reassured him. ‘Our mate is strong. She’ll pull through this.’When we reached the gate, the hospital was ready for us. Colin had sent a mind-link ahead, so they prepared a room on the ground floor.Hartley, the doctor, had been with Colin’s pack since he became Alpha and was accomplished but nowhere near as impressive as Leslie. She stayed calm and moved fast. She took Talia from me, laid her on the table, and started checking her fur for injuries. I stepped back to give her room."Is she okay, doctor? I found her unconscious in a fire," I said."How long was she in it?""I don’t know. Maybe hours.”Hartley kept working. She checked Talia’s flank, face, legs, and chest. She gently turned Talia’s head to look in her ear, then lifted a paw to check the pads. At last, she put
Nolan’s POVColin and I stood near the barn with the warriors behind us. Everyone was silent. We had been waiting for hours to hear from Talia.Colin kept his hand on my shoulder, like he thought it would stop me from going into the tunnel before we got the signal. But I wouldn’t break my promise to Talia or put her at risk. Still, it was taking too long. I thought we’d get the signal last night, but now it was mid-afternoon and there was still nothing from Talia.“It has been too long. She should have signaled by now,” I muttered.“I know, but you’d know if she was harmed. We have to wait,” Colin replied.My wolf was still pacing. ‘Something is wrong. We need to go now,’ he whined. ‘No,’ I answered firmly. ‘We have to trust her.’My wolf had been restless since Talia went into the tunnel. He had been pestering me for the last fifteen minutes about going after her. I’d told him no over and over, but it was getting harder to resist.I could sense Talia through the bond. She was alive
Talia’s POVJason walked around the desk, picked me up, and carried me through a side door I had not seen before. We went down a hallway I did not recognize until he stopped at a door. He set me down and unlocked it with a key from his pocket.Inside the room was dark except for candles burning along the walls. There was a bed in the center of the room. Beside it, a table held a row of objects laid out for use.On the table were whips, handcuffs, dildos, and other things I did not recognize. My stomach twisted with nausea.“What is this place?" I asked, forcing a smile.“It’s the Play Room. I made it just for you,” Jason said as he closed and locked the door.“Was our bedroom not secure enough?” I questioned. “I wanted a place where we could be alone without anyone interrupting us,” Jason explained. He walked over to the table and picked up the first item: a leather whip. He held it up for me to see. "I want you screaming my name all night.”'He intends to torture us,' my wolf warn







