MasukThorne and I got into the car. Max turned it on and started to drive. I raised a hand to wave at my mother as we drove away. She waved back.Then we pulled out of the warehouse, and I couldn’t see her anymore.Along the road, headed back toward our safe house, I pushed my mother out of my mind and t
Zora’s POVI thought mother might take us back to the palace before seeing us off, but to my surprise, she instead had the limo drive us to a non-descript warehouse at the edge of town. After pulling into one of the tall buildings, we found a smaller car waiting for us.“Keys are in the ignition,” m
Zora’s POVThe farther the car took me from Neo, the worse I felt. I had promised to stay with him, but then I had abandoned him.Why hadn’t he stayed behind me? Had something happened to him? Or had he changed his mind about me?Every option I thought of hurt, and I didn’t know which even to hope f
Two other vampires started forward.Neo moved like a blur, barely visible as he jumped from vampire to vampire, ending all of their lives before they could even speak. They looked surprised in death.My heart pounded hard. Gods, I hadn’t even thought to move. I was still down on the sidewalk on my b
Zora’s POVStepping away from behind me to my side, Neo looked at me and then up at the building again, like he was seeing it with fresh eyes. “This was… your home?”“Yes,” I said. “For most of my life.”I didn’t know how I had come to be here. I didn’t think that I had thought about this place at a
“I believe in you,” he said. “But I’d…” He cleared his throat. “I’d like one night alone together with you before we try that.”I stared at him, all other thoughts abandoning my brain. One night alone. One night together.Was he implying that he wanted to be with me... intimately? So soon?“I… uh…”
“Wow,” I breathed and I truly meant it. My usually unruly curls were flat ironed into sleek beautiful red hair. The light kept catching on it and made it glisten. My face had never looked so smooth. Planes upon planes of perfect skin. My jaw looked sharp and defined. Maja had lined my eyes with ko
“And why would I believe you helped me?” I snapped. I crossed my arms over my chest. Maximus’s foot was still caught in the door. I couldn’t push past his massive frame and ignore him. So, I decided to piss him off. Maybe then he’d storm off in a rage again and I could go the fuck to sleep. “I d
Several times, I almost felt like Valentin could sense the warm in me. I caught him staring at me a few time before jerking his head back and rattling off the next stretch. Finally, we both lined up on the start line. We took off, I was pushing my legs to keep up with Valentin. After the tenth lap
The rest of the day went by pretty smoothly. Whatever Valentin did held off the wolves for the rest of my day. I went to sleep thinking maybe my first week wouldn’t be so terrible. That thought left my mind on the fourth day of school, a Thursday, when Loren and I were walking to Introduction to H







