LOGINOur daughter toddles forward towards me on unsteady legs, arms stretched out. My heart sings and the smile that beams on my face brightens. Each step she takes is wobbly, definitely uncertain but determined.Raiden's breath leaves him in a surprised exhale. His hand flies to his chest, fingers diggi
Amelia's povSunlight curls lazily through wide windows, warming the floors and casting its rays on the low coffee table before me.I am on the floor seated with my back against the couch, legs folded beneath me and with a stack of books spread out in front of me, on the table and on the floor. Parc
Amelia's povHer blood is warm as I slash through her skin, over and over as she bleeds. Blood splatters on my face and crimson chokes out of her mouth as she watches me with shock in her eyes.I don't think she expected me to kill her. I don't think anyone did. Not even me.Alwina's eyes, the very
Alwina's povThe forest seem to have gone completely still the second her words let out of her mouth.My mother body lies between us, her blood soaking into the dirt. My vision blurs red with hot anger and I shift back, bones cracking, fur retreating until I am standing in my own two feet again and
Alwina's povAs I feel the crack of mom's spell push out of me, I looked up at the sky from the mere shocking force of it. The spell breaking meant only one thing. Something was wrong.Everything had gone wrong.Everything should've been mine. It should've been easy. She did not deserve it. I deserv
Raiden's povThat roar rips through the clearing like an arrow slicing through air. Raw. Furious and powerful.My blood turns to fire as I snap my eyes back down to the girl who's stiff and eyes clouded. Her once trembling act cracking right in front of me.Then she looks directly at me, her eyes no
Amelia's povMy entire body went cold. Sister?The word didn't even make sense in my head. It echoed there, twisting and bending as I tried to process it through the haze in my head. Through the damn drugs still fogging my mind.She steps out of the shadows fully, each movement disturbingly similar
Amelia's povMy breath stilled.The woman Alwina calls her mother steps into the room and stops only a foot from the altar. And even though her eyes were clouded, so lifeless in their milky haze, I felt them pin me down harder than the shackles did. It was like she could see right through my soul.
Raiden's povThe silver burned its way into my flesh and bone. The scent of my blood alone curls in the air. Hot, metallic and poisoned with whatever was on that blade.It was laced.My vision blurred a little as I staggered slightly, my hand reaching for the knife but Haden twisted it deeper until
Emily's pov Lester's flinch was small, but it was there. His jaw clenched, throat bobbing as he swallowed hard. His eyes flicked from Damon to the blood on his own hands as if he couldn't believe it himself either."I had to," he repeated, voice breaking again. " I had to do it or they would've kil







