LOGINZora’s POV“Well, that’s the explanation then, isn’t it?” Max said. “He was probably under a vampire curse.” Max looked at me in the rear-view mirror. “His heart is beating now?”“Yes,” I said. “But he can’t hear his wolf. Gods, he’s powerful though. He made short work of the massive door that was b
But…“Yes,” I said. “But not here…”We were in the middle of a battlefield, and Kairos’ dried blood had transferred to his human form. There was even some on his face. I didn’t want to think about his teeth, knowing he used them for fighting.“Ah,” Kairos said. “Yeah. Probably need a shower first. M
Zora’s POV“Zora!” Max cried, and in a flash he and Thorne were there, stepping defensively in front of me, blocking Kairos.“Stay behind us,” Thorne said. “We’ll try to knock some sense into him.”Kairos growled louder, like he could understand them.If he could, then maybe I could still reach him
Thorne 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
“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
Rigert and Hanson burst into laughter. I scrambled to get up on all fours. I barked at them, teeth bared. They both scramble backwards as I inched closer to them. Then, Kairos stepped in front of them. I felt my ears go back, submissively. Kairos crossed his arms over his chest and glared down at me
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
“This is the girl’s locker room, Maximus,” I snapped. “Oh I was unaware,” Maximus said sarcastically. He rolled his eyes. “It’s Saturday. Shouldn’t you be in the lawn with Loren or something?” “Shouldn’t you?” I threw back. He gestured to the cleaning cart next to him. “Clearly, not,” he snapp







