LOGIN“I do,” I said. It was that simple. There was nothing else to say.“Okay,” he said, accepting it just as simply.We didn’t speak again the rest of the way, but the air around us remained comfortable, companionable. We were used to being together, even when just riding in the car. It felt right havin
Lillian’s POVGrayson’s lips coaxed mine open, and his tongue swiped into my mouth. At once, my body relaxed. I curled my arms around his neck, combing my fingers through his hair.He kissed me like a man lost in the desert, finally finding an oasis, drinking deeply.When we broke for breath, I coul
Lillian’s POVTeacher recognized Grayson, and Grayson knew Teacher as the First Warrior.None of that mattered overmuch to me when Teacher was pointing the tip of a deadly arrow straight in Grayson’s face. Doing the only thing I could think to do in that moment, I stepped to the side, placing myself
Grayson looked at me like I’d lost my mind.“I know this man. He’s my former teacher, the one who taught me to handle a bow.”“If he’s a friend,” Grayson said. “Why are there so many rogues pointing arrows at me.”“A precaution,” Teacher said. “We saw you run into that town. We wanted to make sure y
Lillian’s POVMy teacher stilled as his eyes focused on me. “Lillian?” Recognizing me, he lowered his bow at once. “What in the hells are you doing here?”“It’s a long story,” I said. “What are you doing here? You vanished so suddenly.”“I’m sorry about that,” he said.“It’s fine. I’m just… I’m so h
I thought I might be rambling and worried my hands together, expecting some kind of reprimand, verbal at least.Instead, he seemed to mull over the things that I said, and then replied, “I will try.”As he stood there, I watched him attempt, loosening some of his posture. He struggled to hold that p
Lillian’s POVI met Grayson at the front of the medical ward, and together we walked back to the car where the guards were waiting. Before we reached them, I stopped Grayson and said, “What if we hid our identities?”“What?” he asked, looking at me.“If what that man said is true, then you’re being
“Don’t test me,” Grayson hissed.“How are they lying?” I asked.“This isn’t rising tensions. Violence on both sides. The Royal Army has entered the neutral lands. This is an extermination campaign. They are razing our fields, cutting down women and children, anyone slow or weak enough to not get out
Lillian’s POVBeing in Grayson’s presence gave me a relief I had never known. I was safe beside him, not just physically but emotionally too. Maybe that was why when he held me, I broke down, finally allowing myself to feel the pain I had repressed while I had been at my father’s house.Grayson held
Gamma bowed even lower. “Of course. Yes. At once.”“But give me the antidote first,” Lillian said, grabbing her father’s sleeve.“Don’t touch me, wretch,” he hissed.That was enough for me to move. In a blink, I was beside him, between him and Lily.“You have put your hands on my mate for the last t







