Ronan moved with purpose, guiding me toward a section of wall that looked no different from the others. It had the same texture, same faded runner along the floor. But when we reached it, he crouched quickly, bracing his shoulder against a section near the floor.I didn’t understand what he was doin
LilaThe first thing I felt was the heat. It pressed against my skin before I was fully awake, a slow, smothering weight that made it hard to breathe.The air was thick, heavy in my lungs, and every inhale carried the sharp sting of smoke. I coughed, eyes watering, the sound swallowed by a low, dist
Her eyes swept over me in an instant, her mouth pressing into a line before she spoke.“You look worse,” she said softly, shutting the door behind her.“I feel worse,” I admitted, though I tried to give it the kind of half-smile that might soften the truth. It didn’t work. She moved toward me in thr
LilaThe first thing I noticed when I woke was the weight in my limbs. Not the pleasant heaviness of sleep, but on that dragged my bones down, making each breath feel like work.My body no longer felt like mine, just a fragile, trembling shell that didn’t want to move.The ceiling above me blurred a
“Two confirmed. Six wounded,” Jackson said. “But the survivors say the attackers didn’t fight to kill. They fought to wound and scatter.”Scatter. Drive them away from something. My jaw tightened. “Send scouts. I want every path west of the border searched. If there’s a base camp, I want it burned t
DamonThe echo of polite applause still clung to my skin as I stepped into Ella’s receiving room. The air here was thick with her perfume, sweeter than honey and just as cloying.She sat poised in a high-backed chair near the window, one ankle crossed neatly over the other, her smile slow and satisf