LOGINGrey's POV “I had this entire plan to go to dinner and then the boardwalk. I’d even rehearsed what to say at least a thousand times today…But I realized that when you’ve lived through what we have, the promises were already there. To me, a ring a no ring, yes or a no, my heart is and always will be
Elodie's POV SIX MONTHS LATER I'd already been waiting three hours after his meeting and my patience was too thin to test. He'd been acting shifty all day, almost as if he was hiding something. In fact, I knew he had been with the way he shuffled away from me whenever I tried to look at the screen
"I swear to God if I survive this I am going to become a demanding girlfriend." I grinned at the title she gave herself that I loved hearing, even in anger. Maybe even more so. "I will do everything with a smile. Now please, baby, you have to go." She sighed before standing. Leaning over me with a
Grey's POV I wasn't lying when I told her it was a risk. Not only to dance with death but in the return. Knowing if I were to wake as a human that it would be without the strength needed to protect her from the elements now out of my control, I felt more vulnerable than being formerly encaged in si
"It was a risk, but I had a feeling it would pay off to bet on you.""What are talking about?""Kinsey explained how she was able to become a human after I killed her the first time. Tied to Aslan's line, he gave his life as Alden had done for you. Since you were the one to kill me...I was able to c
Elodie's POVI never wanted to be one of those girls dependent on anyone. But losing someone like Grey Alluna was as if the sky no longer held stars, the gravity was purposeful but hollow in my heart and my head, and the oxygen I was forced to take was more painful than needed. I took mindless step
Elodie's POVFor the next few weeks, things became easier. The events of the intruders and the makeshift fight club faded as our connection grew. But it was also a few weeks since we shared anything remotely romantic. Flirtations came in abundance as I watched him throughout his day, but nothing cam
"What if I preferred the death you'd give me to theirs?" "You're saying this because of-" She silenced me with a finger to my lips, dropping it before I could continue before her interruption. "I'd like to think I make my own destiny, Grey." I hardened at the way she spoke my name as if kissing e
"They call it 'The Ropes'. It's a test to see who is strong and who isn't. Sometimes Aslan rigs it to train them and other times it's to win." "So why would you come back? I saw it on your face when you left with him that you didn't want to go." "You followed me here?" I shouldn't have been surpr
Grey's POV No stranger to blood or this lifestyle I ultimately feared would be my dying destiny, I was soothed by a presence I detested. All because I didn't want her here. While the pain of the metal rod remained embedded in my shoulder, eating away my unnatural strength until I was more human tha







