MasukI shut my book and walked over to one of the storage shelves, where I had organized some dried herbs. I pulled open a drawer and retrieved a bundle, then walked back over to the workstation and began pulling it apart and tossing it into the mortar and pestle for grinding.“What’s that?” Gideon asked
Avery’s POVThe new office smelled like the pot of tea that I had steeping on the corner of the desk, fresh air, and old wood. It was, admittedly, a bit better than the stifling humidity of the old greenhouse. A lot better, actually, even if I knew this whole space was just Sebastian’s thinly veiled
I hesitated, considering telling him no, that I wanted to be left alone. But his offer intrigued me, and before I knew it, I was following him out of the library and down the hall.There was a room at the end of the hall that I had never really paid much attention to before; just one of the many roo
Avery’s POVI returned to Evergreen a little before sunset, after meeting briefly with Aldric and the pack healers to discuss the next moves now that the trial period was over. The medicine was set to be rolled out to the other sick children within the fortnight, the news of which made up for the ra
To be fair, Sebastian looked genuinely offended by that.“That’s where you’re wrong, Gideon. I’m offering her this arrangement because I care about her and Bjorn. I love them both.”“And yet,” I said, “the feeling isn’t mutual. Not in the way you want it to be, at least.” I took a small step forward
Avery’s POVI was about to respond when Sebastian spoke first.“That’s none of your business,” he said.Gideon snapped his head toward him. “I think it is my business, when it involves my mate.”“She may be your mate, but she doesn’t belong to you.”“She doesn’t belong to you either, Sebastian.” Gid
Gideon’s POVThe darkness was my enemy.I couldn’t remember why I was fighting, only that it was essential that I wake up. I punched upwards through the shadows. My limbs felt heavy and unresponsive, and I knew I still dreamed because the darkness was made of hands that clutched at me and tried to d
Gideon’s POVHeartbreak was not a feeling I had experienced before. So unfamiliar that I still wasn’t certain what was going on, I just knew that there was a pain in my chest that made me irritable, wistful, angry, and sad all at the same time.Stupid, stubborn woman!Never had I encountered a perso
“Of course she isn’t,” Gideon said, in a tone that implied he wasn’t surprised that I was trying to pull a ruse like that.Fuck him. My nausea came and went in waves, and I was feeling like the oysters we’d had for dinner were about to come back up. Additionally, I was having to fake drinking the ch
Gideon’s POV The uproar that broke out in the Pack Meeting when Dierdra’s mark disappeared was nothing compared to the chaos that roared through me. I hadn’t believed—hadn’t wanted to believe—that on top of everything she had lied about that too. In the wake of initial shock, I felt a cold calm







