FAZER LOGIN** Jake’s POV **The results don't make a damn lick of sense. I look at them for the third time, as though the numbers might rearrange themselves if I stare at them hard enough. They don't. They’re normal. Every single one.I turn toward the bed. Leo is lying on his back with one arm behind his head
Neither argues, and I appreciate that more than if they'd immediately told me it wasn't true.“Jake has the clinic. Ronnie. His patients. Leo is Gamma. He has a job here. People depend on them. Everything they’ve ever known is here,” my throat tightens. “And I'm asking them to walk away from all of
** Poppy’s POV **Alaric’s hands cup my face, and then his mouth is on mine. I freeze for half a second. He’s not just kissing me, he’s touching me. Skin on skin, his thumbs against my cheeks, his warm lips against mine. I wait for the pull, for that horrible, instinctive hunger to reach for his li
I ignore it all. Because all I can see is Leo falling again. I look down at my trembling hands; the feeling of his life rushing through them still there. I take another step backward, away from everyone.“Poppy,” Alaric says softly.I stop. “I’m fine.” “I didn’t ask.” I look up. He and Bastian ar
** Poppy’s POV **It takes Ryder and Jake to get Leo up off the ground. Despite having the life of at least six ancient trees running through him, apparently he’s still weak. I’m not even going to try to make sense of that.I stand uselessly to the side as Jake slips an arm beneath his shoulders and
Paige inhales sharply. “That doesn't mean…”“I know,” I move toward her. “I’m your sister.”Tears spill down her cheeks. I reach for her hand, then stop myself.“I know this is my family, and that Phoenix will always be home.”My own tears fall again.“But maybe it isn't the only one.”Paige looks a
His eye catches mine, and my chest tightens. “You don’t need to either,” I say softly.He gives a little shrug, eyes flicking to the window. “Old habits. You spend enough years being told to keep everything hidden away, eventually you forget how to let it out.”“Remy…” I whisper. “You can, though. W
** Ryder’s POV **The forest is quiet tonight. Too quiet.It’s the kind of quiet that makes every instinct in me hum with warning.Before we set out on our first patrol together, I’d gathered the new enforcers in the clearing outside the cabins. They stood in a semicircle, Midnight wolves, strong an
Callen catches my eye over the stove; he grins at me. “Looks like breakfast just got crowded.”“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” I say softly, watching as the men gather around the table, the people who’ve very quickly become my family.Ryder sets Jaxon down and meets my gaze, something tender fli
I don’t even remember when my eyes close. One second, Callen’s voice is painting pictures of the Moon Goddess, her pearly white hair glowing brighter than the stars, and the next, that glow fills the darkness behind my eyelids.It feels like I’m still listening to him, but his voice fades, replaced







