LOGINThe Storm~LUNA ASHFORD ~Three days.Seventy-two hours of sixteen-hour workdays, back-to-back reports, and a schedule so packed there was genuinely no room left for thinking about parking lots or racing tracks or one tear that had absolutely no business falling.I checked the Meridian Tower window seventeen times.I counted.Okay, I told myself it was about the building. Watching how it affected what I could see. Totally professional.My wolf didn't even bother responding to that. She just sat in the corner of my mind and looked at me like she had run out of patience entirely and was waiting for me to catch up.On the third evening my phone rang. It was Draven.I let it ring a bit. "What?""Come to the roof of your building. Now." He said it calmly."Excuse me" He waited a sec, then he said, "Please." I went completely still.Draven Craven did not say please. I had watched him make tough guys jump back with just a stare. I had watched him walk through a gunfight at the docks like i
The Surprise~LUNA POV~ The ride home from the gala was silent.Draven drove, gripping the wheel tight. I just sat there, hands in my lap, watching the city fly by. I was thinking about how Ryker's face changed when Draven came out.His confidence just vanished. He gave up and quickly left into the night.Which was smart of him."He sent that message about Kai," I said."I know." Draven's voice was quiet. "I already have people on him."I looked at him. "You arranged that just now?""While I was walking outside."I turned back to the window.He took care of it before I even realized there was a problem. He didn't make a fuss or wait for praise. It was just finished.My chest felt tighter, like it had been all night.I ignored it.---My apartment at five in the morning was just how I wanted it. Calm. Silent. Tidy. I took off my dress, washed my face, and then sat at my desk wearing a comfy robe. My laptop was open, and my hot coffee was right there.Last night was last night.Toda
Mine~LUNA POV~The Black Diamond Gala was just like it sounds.Dark. Expensive and dangerous.Every power player in the city was moving through that ballroom like they were on a chessboard.....tech billionaires, pack Alphas, underworld kings, all dressed in black and pretending they weren't figuring each other's worth with every handshake and smile.I moved through them like I owned the floor.Because I did.My gown was black and backless, the split running dangerously high up my left thigh. The ruby necklace sat at my throat. My phoenix tattoo was fully on display, rising up my bare spine in full view of the entire room.I told myself I wore the necklace because it matched the dress.My wolf had a completely different opinion.I ignored her."Ms. Ashford." A tech billionaire named Harrison blocked me near the champagne table. "I've been trying to get a meeting with you for three months.""You have five minutes," I said. "Use them carefully."He did. He was smart and didn't waste ti
Walls and Warfare~LUNA ASHFORD~I woke up in a room that wasn't mine.Black sheets. High ceilings. Big windows showing a city view that looked a lot like mine but a little different, making me feel odd inside. The room smelled like pine and smoke, and something else that made my wolf wake up before I was fully awake.Draven's penthouse.I sat up. My dress from last night was wrinkled, my heels placed neatly beside the bed in a way I definitely hadn't done myself. I sat there for a moment just piecing it together.....the hospital, Kai's face, the parking lot, the way I had completely fallen apart in the arms of a man I had told myself three times this week I wasn't going to trust.My jaw tightened.I was trying to grab my heels when the door opened and Draven came in with a tray. It had black coffee with one sugar, toast, and eggs. It was simple and perfect, which somehow made it feel worse."I'm leaving," I said.He set the tray down without looking at me. "After breakfast.""Now
Shattered~LUNA POV ~Hospitals smell the same no matter where you go. They have the scent of cleaning products, sadness, and a quietness that is felt in places where people are waiting to hear life-changing news. My heels made noise on the floor as Draven and I walked to the Pediatric wing. I took steady breaths and kept my face calm, like I had practiced for when I needed to enter a tough situation.I heard them before we even turned the corner.Selene's voice carried down the hall like she had been holding since before I arrived. "I don't care what the doctor says, Damon. This is YOUR fault. If you hadn't let that woman tear this family apart, none of this would have happened...."We turned the corner and the whole picture came into focus.The entire Blackwood family waiting like they had staged it. Selene was walking back and forth, feeling anxious. Mira was on her phone, likely writing down the story. Damon was sitting in a chair, looking tired and helpless, like he was used
Blood and Shadows 2~LUNA POV~The docks were dark and poorly lit, with shipping containers piled up like walls. The flickering lights made it even harder to see. It felt like a place where things could easily go missing.I saw Rodriguez the moment we stepped off the yacht. On his knees. Crying. Fifteen men surrounding him with enough firepower to start a small war.Draven walked toward them like he was strolling into a meeting he had already won. His eyes were all gold now, his wolf pressing right up against the surface of him, barely contained. His crew appeared from the dark.... Joshua and six others, quiet and careful, moving like they had done this before because they had.Rodriguez looked up and went white the second he saw Draven. The kind of white that means the body already knows something the brain hasn't caught up to yet."Mr. Craven, please....I just need more time....""I gave you six months." Draven's voice came out flat and cold, stripped of everything human. "That







