LOGIN“Adrian,” I said. “There’s something I need to tell you.”He must have heard something in my voice, because he stepped closer and took my hand.“What is it?”“It’s about—”Before I could get another word out, though, footsteps came pounding up the stairs at the end of the corridor, and Ian appeared
Elena’s POVLucas was sitting up in bed when Adrian and I came in, Rusty whirring softly in his lap. The moment he saw us, he pulled the blanket up and fell back on his pillows, feigning sleep despite the fact that the little robot was still waving a single dented claw in the air.“Lucas.” Adrian fo
Ryan had been listening quietly, but now he stood up and set his stack of papers on the desk.“I’ve been through all of it,” he said. “The reports on the bodies, Ian’s notes on the residue in Derek’s ring, and everything the archives have on the last uprising.” He flipped through the pages, talking
Elena’s POVLucas fell asleep against my arm before we had even left the coast behind. Adrian sat on his other side with the window cracked open, watching the trees go by. Ahead of us and behind us, the trucks carrying the guards stretched down the road as far as I could see. Somewhere near the fron
I was on my way down to the brig when I passed the supply room and stopped.The door was propped open. Inside, Jeeves was halfway packed into his crate, and Ryan was sitting on an overturned bucket beside him with his toolbox open at his feet. He wasn’t working on anything. He was just staring at th
Elena’s POVThe ship docked at dawn. By the time I woke up, Adrian had already been down to the pier and back, and there was a stack of newspapers on the bed beside me.“You’ll want to see these,” he said, sitting down on the edge of the mattress.The grand opening was on the front page of every sin
Elena's POVIt took me a moment to realize I woke up in my old bedroom, the room I lived in until the day I left to marry Derek.I was in my old cotton nightdress with the chipped buttons. The ceiling had the water stain that my father had refused to fix for me. The iron-latch window was the small o
Elena's POV"I'll allow you to choose your own death for the sake of our ten years of marriage," my husband Derek said, "You should feel grateful, Elena."I looked at Derek standing before me. His face was completely cold as he said those cruel words.I lowered my eyes and saw what had been placed i
Adrian's POVI had no intention of attending my so-called wedding.Having a Luna Princess was an inconvenience I had agreed to, so my father would finally stop bringing it up. I also didn't care who the girl was, so I let my stepmother, Luna Queen Selene choose for me. My past mistakes taught me not
Elena's POVI waited.Vivienne's color had been climbing through the speech, and when it broke, it broke beautifully. Her hands flew to her cheeks. Her eyes filled. Her mouth opened on a small, terrible *oh*."No," she whispered. "No, no. No. My wedding has to be perfect. Everyone needs to witness m







