MasukI 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
Zora’s POVWe started training early the next morning, with Valentin eager to incorporate Thorne in. I was curious too, to see if he would fill the missing piece.While Valentin prepared the training dummies, Kairos explained to Thorne, “Those dummies will mimic vampire behavior. They will fight us,
Zora’s POV“Are you sure about this?” Max asked me from my right.“A bit too late to be reconsidering now,” Kairos said from my left.“We could make him leave,” Max said. “He doesn’t have to stay.”Kairos appeared thoughtful and cracked his knuckles, like he was prepping for a potential fight. “I su
Zora’s POVAs we redressed, Kairos stuffed my ruined panties and bra into his pockets. “I’m not going to leave your scent out here.”“A little late for that,” I told him, gesturing to the mess we’d made of the grass and wildflowers where the three of us had gone to town on each other.Max helped me
Zora’s POV“The house is too small to race around,” I said. “I want to go into the forest.”“It’s a bad idea,” Max said at once.“I want to run,” I told him. “Shouldn’t we see how fast I can go? Isn’t that good information to have?”“I’m not saying it isn’t,” Max replied. “But there are still vampir







