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
The nurse let me leave the infirmary a few hours after my call with Victoria. She made me promise not to spare for the rest of the week. Given that it was Wednesday, that meant I was only missing one session of Basics. She gave me a note, some advil and sent me on my way. I got my first glimpse at
Loren gasped and grabbed my arm with a huge smile. “That’s amazing Zora!” she said, shaking me slightly. Then she dropped my arm and frowned. “Well, not amazing that you felt that. I remember when mine kicked in.” She shivered. I chuckled around a bite of sandwich. I swallowed before continuing. I t
My eyeball twitched in it’s socket. What the fuck? “Um, is this a joke?” I managed to get out. Maximus immediately frowned at me. “Why would I joke about this?” Okay. Noted. Mateball is not a joke. I shrugged, trying to be as casual as possible about it. “I thought you hated me,” I said. “Th
I frowned. I felt like I’d had that sensation before. Loren squeezed my elbow, sensing how uncomfortable I was. “It’ll be okay,” she said softly. “Apparently, your body will know what to do.” “It’s true,” Petyr chimed in. I snapped my head towards him. It was the first time he’d addressed me in







