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 blurred voices around me stab through the darkness. At first, they’re muffled and I can only make out a few words around garbled yelling. I tried to protest. I didn’t trust any of those people in that house. I tried to pull out of whoever’s grasp I was in. My hands were covered and set back in m
The next morning, another note was slipped under my door. It was written in normal Valentin script with the time, ten at night, underlined twice. I frowned at it. He usually wanted to meet in the morning, before Basics. This was at night firstly and secondly, not on the day of Basics. Something ab
I cringed at the names but shifted my hearing to another conversation. “—she’s sleeping with like half the school! So desperate for attention after being rejected it’s kind of sad.” “Do you blame her? I mean she had one of the rarest bonds and rejected it. Couldn’t be me—” Another conversation
“What do you want?” I snapped as I pushed myself off the floor. Despite standing on my feet, Maximus was still a half a foot taller than me. I tried to tip my chin to glare at him but failed. Maximus’s gold eyes bore into me. “To be able to sleep without hearing you scream,” he spat. “Do you eve







