LOGIN“How...? How is that even possible?” Alistair asked.His aggression and anger were slowly thawing as he processed what I told him, learning something I was sure he never expected to hear.“I-I don’t know,” I quickly answered. “One moment I was eating a snack in my kitchen, the next moment I was dead and waking up as Scarlett.”“And... what? She’s in there? You’re both... there?”“Yes. Now we are.”“What do you mean ‘now’? She wasn’t before?”“She woke up four days ago. Before that, she was in a coma or... something. I really don’t know. She was drowning in the lake back in Easthaven and that’s when I took her place. I had no idea she was going to eventually wake up. Honestly, I thought she’d died.”“So... these past few weeks... the person I’ve actually been talking to....”“Was me,” I finished, feeling like a weight was being lifted. “Me, Natalie. It was me who ran away from Easthaven after trying to help Aurora. Me who saved you in the forest from the rogues, and it was me who was c
In a blind rage, Scarlett staggered back onto her feet, her choking breaths coming out a mixture of sobs and grunts. There wasn’t any hesitation as she charged towards Alistair, fully intending to attack him barehanded. It was clear she wasn’t thinking clearly.Alistair looked up at her approach, readying to fend her off, but I wasn’t going to give up yet. Whether she could even hurt him or not, it didn’t matter. This war was over and she was going to get us killed too if she didn’t stop. If we had even the smallest chance of surviving this, I needed her to stay down.And right as she was about to launch herself towards Alistair, I diverted her movement downwards instead, sending us back into the dirt.“Let me do this!” she yelled. “He killed Liam!”She tried to get up, but I countered her, the two of us contorting along the ground as we fought each other. A fight that quickly escalated into one more physical, resorting to us injuring our shared body, hoping it would distract the othe
Alistair stood above us, appearing like some kind of God of War.Everywhere, his body was coated in blood and dust, his clothes torn in several places. But it was the aura surrounding him that screamed of immeasurable power.His teeth were gritted as his face snarled with rage, allowing me to partially see how his canines had extended. Not just that either, but his hands had sharp claws protruding too. In this world, I hadn’t seen or heard of anyone else being able to do that – shifting just enough to turn their human form into a more deadly weapon. Not even Victor had done so in the book. Alistair truly was without peer, his physical strength outclassing everyone else. It was no wonder the rogues had wanted him dead so badly.Behind him, the bodies of at least fifteen men littered the ground where he’d felled them. Despite being outnumbered, he’d finished them all off just in time to stop Scarlett. To see her attempting to do something so vile and unspeakable. And now his undivided at
I tested my movement slowly, doing my best to not let Scarlett catch on. She was so busy with Liam that I probably didn’t need to be so cautious, but I didn’t want to take the chance. This was an opportunity that I couldn’t let go to waste. Against all the odds, it seemed I was now the only person capable of changing the outcome of this insurrection.The door Scarlett had broken down had been the only thing keeping us apart. Now, with it completely destroyed, it looked like I didn’t even need to run through it to gain back control. With enough focus, I was pretty sure I could take Scarlett by surprise before she contained me – if she could even push me down fully again, something I wasn’t entirely sure was possible anymore. I was weak, yes, but if it meant escaping the future Scarlett was trying to achieve, then I would force myself to keep going if I had to.Whatever it took, I needed to do it.Liam pulled away from Scarlett and stepped towards Thaddeus, snapping his fingers at him im
I was slammed to the back of Scarlett’s head the second she broke down the door between us. I’d held on for as long as possible, but that was the best I could do. Now, it would be up to Alistair to hopefully change the fate of his father.Not that Scarlett was going to make it that easy.She immediately shifted into her wolf effortlessly and began sprinting towards the east gate after him. The south gate was where she’d made her plans to meet Dominic, somewhere she could leave without raising suspicion or questions, but it seemed she didn’t care about that anymore.Scarlett was fast, especially in her wolf form. I’d known this about her and had experienced it for myself, but I knew she still wouldn’t be anywhere near as fast as an alpha heir, let alone a royal one. No matter how angry or scared she was, Alistair would arrive well before her. This was the one thing that gave me the smallest amount of hope.It only took her a few minutes before the east gate came into view. She didn’t sl
“Run... run... run...,” I kept chanting to myself as I sprinted through the streets.My body was moving on pure adrenaline, still in disbelief I’d managed to escape Elliot. Thank the Moon Goddess or whatever that Scarlett was as attractive as she was. There was no way that plan would have worked in my old body.That wasn’t to say all that effort would ultimately even help me though. I could vaguely hear Elliot’s running footsteps in the very far distance, knowing he would catch up to me soon enough. At this rate, I probably wasn’t going to make it to the palace either way.*‘You might as well just give up now,’* Scarlett taunted inside. *‘You didn’t show up at the time I was meant to be meeting Dominic. He’ll have more people out looking for me by now.’*Well, that was brilliant. Because this wasn’t already incredibly difficult as it was. No, we had to add several more obstacles to this impossible endeavour.My goal wasn’t to stop Scarlett from going back to Easthaven anymore since the
The darkness only lasted for a moment.When I opened my eyes next, I was in water. Floating slowly down to the bottom of a void as bubbles filled my vision around me. Almost beautiful in the way they moved, dancing in the small light that came from above.Was this heaven? If true, it was kind of di
“Please...,” Scarlett choked out between sobs. “Please don’t kill me. I’ll leave you alone, I swear. I’ll run away as far as possible and never come back.”But it was too late for apologies. For years, I’d suffered at Scarlett’s hands. I was beaten, starved and abused by that entire pack growing up
“You should be in bed resting,” Liam said, holding my hand tenderly in his.I looked down at where he touched me and felt bile fill my mouth. I knew what those hands had done. I’d seen the results with my own eyes now. It was truly disgusting.“I’m fine, really,” I assured, forcing a smile on my lip
“What the f....,” I whispered to myself, dropping slowly to my knees in disbelief.It was surreal to see the doll-like girl mimic my actions. When I lifted my hand, so did she. When my mouth moved, so did hers. Like some sort of messed up trick room.She was nothing like the body I was used to. Wit







