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
"While you were...affected...I remembered something." I swallowed hard. This could be a plethora of things I'd prefer she'd forgotten. "The day we met. In your office. That interview." I cocked my jaw. "I'm curious to know something though..." "Yeah?" "Why didn't you give me a chance that day? It
Grey's POV The fever came first followed by the aches rivaling even the worst of injuries or viruses. There would be no antibiotic or medication that would counter the effects of aconitum. Even the touch she attempted to offer me through the bars in my moments of humanity was pushing through only h
I motioned for him to open it but he hesitated before pulling the rock off the folded paper and brought it open. His eyes scanned the words in quick strides, some twice over, before he dropped to the floor on his palms and knees. "Grey..." He shrugged me off as tears hit the stone beneath him. Rea
"You don't have to do this, Elodie. We can leave here, Chicago, make a life." "What are you afraid of? That it'll be for nothing? That I'll remember even more things about you?" "I'm terrified of what remembering everything that happened to you will do to you. You've been through more than you eve







