LOGINValentin’s POVWith tidings as ill as they were, Victoria and Valentin couldn’t talk about things openly, so they went to Valentin’s office, which he had left warded and protected. There, they would not be overheard.There, Valentin told Victoria all that occurred, with some exception for privacy’s
Max’s POVMax hadn’t made it far from his initial starting point before he had to stop and try to grab hold of the mating bond again. Closing his eyes, with his hand over his heart, he meditated, trying to manifest the bond in his mind’s eye as a rope, a tether, guiding his heart to Zora.With progr
“I’m not doing that. I’m going to follow the bond.”“You can still feel it?” Thorne asked him. “Enough to follow it?”Max pressed his hand to his chest. “I think so.”“She’s nowhere close to us,” Valentin said. “If you go blindly, it could take you days if not weeks to find her.”“Then I had better
Valentin’s POVValentin tried to remain calm as Max, Kairos, and Thorne engaged in varying levels of panic, but it was difficult. His resolve was being tested by the moment.One minute Zora had been here with them, and in the next she had simply vanished. What should have only been a small exercise
“Neo…” I whispered.He just kept staring back. His gaze was probing, like he could see down inside of me, straight to the soul he might have held a piece of. Could he feel this too?I opened my mouth, about to ask –The sky opened first, and suddenly rain fell. The tree branches and leaves blocked s
Zora’s POVBeyond the now obliterated doors of the tomb was a stone staircase that led directly up out of the dark and to the outdoors. And it really was the outdoors. As we ascended the stairs, Neo and I found ourselves in the middle of a field.Rocks were scattered here and there among the tall gr
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
“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
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







