LOGINZora’s POVAs the evening wore on, my eyelids drooped, but I couldn’t find sleep even when I tried. I was close to the fire, resting on furs, and thanks to Neo, I had food in my belly. But, even as comfortable as I should have been, I found myself shivering with cold.Though the fire at my front was
Valentin’s POVWith tidings as ill as they were, Victoria and Valentin couldn’t talk about things openly, so they went to Valentin’s office, which he had left warded and protected. There, they would not be overheard.There, Valentin told Victoria all that occurred, with some exception for privacy’s
Max’s POVMax hadn’t made it far from his initial starting point before he had to stop and try to grab hold of the mating bond again. Closing his eyes, with his hand over his heart, he meditated, trying to manifest the bond in his mind’s eye as a rope, a tether, guiding his heart to Zora.With progr
“I’m not doing that. I’m going to follow the bond.”“You can still feel it?” Thorne asked him. “Enough to follow it?”Max pressed his hand to his chest. “I think so.”“She’s nowhere close to us,” Valentin said. “If you go blindly, it could take you days if not weeks to find her.”“Then I had better
Valentin’s POVValentin tried to remain calm as Max, Kairos, and Thorne engaged in varying levels of panic, but it was difficult. His resolve was being tested by the moment.One minute Zora had been here with them, and in the next she had simply vanished. What should have only been a small exercise
“Neo…” I whispered.He just kept staring back. His gaze was probing, like he could see down inside of me, straight to the soul he might have held a piece of. Could he feel this too?I opened my mouth, about to ask –The sky opened first, and suddenly rain fell. The tree branches and leaves blocked s
“Very well,” she said before moving to the center of the open circle. “Today we’re going to split into two groups. The more seasoned shifters will be with me, working on running shifts. The younger shifters will be with Mr. Moonraiser working on shift control.” I didn’t even need to ask to know wh
“—weak—” “—pathetic—” “—fool—” “she lost—” “—lost—” “—lost!—” “—LOST!—” I slammed my hands over my ears and whimpered. All of their voices were so loud in my head, crumbling me down to a shell of a human. I felt someone tug at my good hand. I aimlessly followed them, head ducked down,
I gasped and flew back from Maximus. My eyes snapped open. I was still in just a towel in the locker room. Maximus had flown back from me as well. His chest was heaving with his breath. His hand was white knuckling the cleaning cart. The other one was precariously covering the bulge in his pants. I
The bartender shoved a glass of wine towards me. I took it tentatively and looked back across the floor. People had stopped whispering and were outright staring at me. Some had horrified looks twisted across their faces. Others looked disgusted. I guess my altercation with Kairos outed my identity







