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 POV I had every intention of walking into the day completely exiling myself from Grey Alluna. It didn't mean I kept from noticing his current visitor and the way he tensed as if the person was Lucifer himself. I'd never seen that look in his eyes before as he straightened from behind his d
Grey's POV It didn't matter that I stayed outside her apartment for another night. The guilt that remained continued well into the next day. Looking over a new case that came upon my desk early this morning, I couldn't help but reread the first sentence in repetition with my distracted thoughts. My
"I kept him at work because he spent the first half of the day searching 'cars' in place of doing his actual job. He couldn't get into your complex easily because I chose a place where that was kind of the point," He began to stalk towards me, not stopping even as my back was flush with the door. "A
My eyes scanned the sea of people in hopes of finding a means of conversation but instead found a figure outlined as if my eyes were only ever meant to find him. My breath hitched, my skin warmed, and my tongue became dry in my mouth. Maybe it was because it was the first time I'd seen him in anythi







