LOGINI whimpered, but it did no good.He made good on his promise, lavishing me with his heavy touch and his tongue, tasting every inch of my entire body before stretching my legs open and taking me to paradise.There was no question that Max had been a straight-A student. Since our first night together,
Zora’s POVOn Kairos’s assigned nights in my bed, we didn’t even speak. We didn’t need to, our bodies doing the talking for us. I knew to prepare by now, removing my underwear before his arrival and choosing to wear an old t-shirt or nightgown I didn’t care if he tore, because he so often did, unabl
Zora’s POVWith Renault gone, the vampires lost all loyalty to any leader and turned against each other. Lost to chaos and fear, they were easily hunted and their existence of horror came to an end.Within a year, my mother had decided to step down, to enjoy her long-earned retirement. A coronation
Renault already knew what they would choose. Vampires, by their very natures were too violent for peace.And if they attacked at once, he wouldn’t even stop them.“We defy you, false king,” said one of the council, and the others agreed.Renault held out his arms, ready for the end. He thought of Zo
Renault’s POVRenault went into the throne room knowing that he wouldn’t be coming out of it again. His people had already been wary of him since his return, especially since he brought Zora to the palace. They didn’t trust him.With how his thinking was now, they had been right to have their doubts
Renault’s POVWhile Zora rested, I needed to return to my work. I had even more motivation now, to try to make my kingdom safer for my werewolf mate.I felt strange as I walked back to my throne room, seeing in darkened corridors and side rooms the carnage and chaos that others of my kind seemed to
The entire thing was old and sad looking. It’s roof seemed sunken into the second floor, dipping in the middle. The windows were boarded in some places and blown out in others. There was a bed of dead flowers in front of it and patches of grass scattered around in the dirt.“Gods be damned,” Maximus
In a matter of seconds, everyone was scrambling around the room. Finare immediate ducked out to make calls. The guard took Beta Kline, the scribe, out of the room. A whole other fluster of guards came rushing in.Valentin directed them to different parts of the room. Maps were unfurled. Calls were b
After that, there wasn’t much else to be done for myself and my fated mates. Valentin stayed behind to strategy with Victoria and the General. Kairos slunk away from Maximus and I when we weren’t looking. Given all the information he’d received that day, I wasn’t surprised.I left before Maximus, wh
ZoraIn the morning, I woke up comfortably warm. Maximus’s body was wound around me like a snake and he was lightly snoring into my shoulder. I blinked to adjust my eyes in the darkness before nudging him awake. It was quarter to five. We were to meet in front of the admissions building in half an h







