She looked terrifying.She looked like she'd come out of a movie set with the way she was dressed. And with that gleaming sword at her side.My eyes widened as Cage bent and dropped me on my feet, leaving me standing before the tomb raider lady, where she could cut me in two."You sure know how to make an entrance, Zen."Zen?!The woman chuckled dryly and drew the sword back.I shrunk back, going to stand behind Cage. The traitor gave me an amused look before walking up to meet the woman.I watched them as Cage bent to the floor and picked up a black gym bag.He came to me and dropped the bag on the bed beside me, then gave me a pointed look."There are clothes in there. They're for you. Shower and dress. And be fast about it."Why was he suddenly being so curt with me? Was it because of the woman?My eyes slid to the dark-haired beauty again. She looked really hot in the leather jacket and denim pants she was wearing.And then the sword. Had people always carried things around like t
CageI felt like a deer in headlights, rooted to the spot.It wasn't Raven. It wasn't Raven, I told myself repeatedly.I searched her face, my eyes hooded as I took in the sword Blue held in her hands.Her grip was loose and awkward on the hilt of the sword, and I knew instinctively that she could not fathom the real enormity of what she'd just done.She'd unsheathed the sword.She swiveled around, looking for any more shadow demons. But they had all fled.The power in Raven's sword was unfathomable. It was a spelled sword.Only Raven could fight with it, drawing out her energy and linking her soul to the sword.And she had drawn it out it."They all ran away. They've never done that before."I blinked. "Yes." I stared deep into her blue eyes, the one thing that made her different from Raven.My Raven had had amber eyes, the color of sunset. I'd often seen a reflection of me deep in those eyes as we laughed together, fought together, and made love.I rushed to her side and picked up t
BlueIt didn't look so different from the human world.Except for the waters.They were so clear; they glittered like sapphires.The sun was still setting here, and the red rays hit off the surface of the water and bounced off, filling the air with a burst of color.I felt like I was in some kind of dream.I had expected to see monsters with two heads, or even three. Or perhaps a half human, half horse.What were they called again?Cage's face wasn't exactly approachable. The look on his face told me something weighed heavily on him.I felt a close link with him now. I don't believe Cage will let me marry this alpha he spoke about.Not after what we had just shared.He'd thought he could fight it. Well, just goes to show that he felt the same irresistible pull I had to him.My feet hurt. And I felt especially tired and hungry."How long until we get to where we're going?" I asked him, feeling like fainting and having him carry me the rest of the way there."Not long."I sighed. The re
BlueGulping, I stayed frozen to the spot as the gigantic wolfman turned away from me.My breath whooshed out of me as I gulped in air, my trembling hands dropping from my face where I'd held them, shielding myself from the wrath of the monster.He turned back to me again and I stilled.He smiled. And I watched in shock as the hairs began to recede and the canines withdrew. He returned to man, and I asked myself if I'd truly seen him become something terrifying, a few minutes ago.Surely this wasn't the same beast that had almost mauled me?"I didn't mean for the conversation to go the direction it did. And for that l, I am truly sorry. You must be tired, I'm sure after some rest, you'll feel better." He nodded to two females that looked twice my size, dressed in black tunics and pants like him who approached me with hard eyes.I looked to Cage for some intervention, anything at all but he just stood there."You have fulfilled your obligation to your Alpha, Cage. Now, you may leave…"I
BlueMy eyes drooped heavily and the dress weighed heavy on my shoulders.I knew I was being weighed down by a bone deep sadness and not even truly the dress. Cage hadn't been there. He'd handed me over to his alpha.He'd abandoned me."Get in. We must prepare you for the first night."I stifled the urge to scream. "Please let me be, Wenda. I don't need help to take a bath.""Still, I have to remain here.""Suit yourself." Her eyes narrowed as I sank into the tub. I closed my eyes, wondering what would happen if I simply sank down into the tub and allowed the water to swallow me.How could I help myself? How did I get myself out of this?"Wenda , why does your alpha need a mate?" It was the first time I was initiating a conversation with her."For a century, he's been searching for an ember blood witch to become his mate. I suppose he decided to make you his mate when he found you.""But why? Why does it have to be an ember blood witch?"She grimaced and walked to the tub, stopping be
BlueI crawled over the rough cold floors, the cold seeping through the stupid nightgown Wenda had made me wear.I should have just gone with my gut feeling and worn something else. I would at least have better chances at surviving the cold in here.A cold wind blew from the tiny windows high in the walls and I hugged myself tighter, willing the cold away.I couldn't reach the windows, and even if I could, I wasn't sure I'd want to shut it. The two holes in the wall, cause they're not exactly proper windows, are the only source of light in this dump.The cell, my cell, was dark, the little light did nothing to make it easier to see, but I didn't want to be in utter darkness.I'd been in here for longer than a few hours at least, I guessed.Was it still night? Or was it morning already?The stiff image of Cage flashed through my head and I squeezed my eyes shut, as pain raced through me. It was quickly followed by anger, and the hatred and wrath made my blood boil, hot enough that the
BlueCold water splashed on my face and I sprang up, coughing and spluttering.I gasped, inhaling a startled breath.I glared at the culprit. With the little pail in his hands, he looked at me stonily."The Alpha asked for you.""And that was the best way to wake me?" I lashed at him.He threw me a derogatory look that shocked me. I didn't know this man. Had never had anything to do with him. Why did his eyes hold so much derision?He sneered and I hated him even more. "I will wake you however it pleases me to." He kicked the lantern so hard, it hit the cell bars and the glove shattered.I flinched, my hands going up to my face to shield me from any stray glass.He walked out of the cell and waited a few seconds before he turned and snarled the words, "Move your ass," at me.I stepped around the glass and walked out of the cell, breathing in and out.We walked down the aisle between the rows of cells and came out to a wider space. He led the way as we climbed up a short flight of stai
Blue"You thought the Alpha would set you free, didn't you?" The chains he was pulling from the cell clanked against the bars, startling me from where I dozed in the corner.He stepped into the space and I saw someone had lit another lantern and it now hung on the wall outside my cell.The dim glow was barely enough to light up the dungeon.I realized that they didn't even need the light. I watched him as he picked his way around the shards of glass. He stepped on some, and they snapped beneath his heavy boots.He bent and dropped a wooden platter, stepping aside he looked down at me with hooded eyes."Foiling the alphas carefully set plans means sure death. You should know that."I peered at the platter and saw a bowl of soup and some sad looking loaf of bread.I was not some dog. Who would eat off such chipped bowls?I sniffed and the soup wasn't really smelling bad. I hunched over the plate and turned my face away.He snorted and then dropped something else. It was a bottle but no