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
Maximus Maximus heard his name being called as soon as he left the cafeteria. He thought it was one of the younger guys, trying to get his attention to do something stupid. He was surprised to see his sister standing in front of me. With Zora. His mood immediately turned sour. She’d left him i
“I have you to train me, don’t I?” I retorted. “You do,” he said. “But two weeks isn’t enough time.” “It is, you can help me. I know it,” I said. Valentin’s lip twitched. I knew I got him. I kept going, taking a step towards him in the process. “Teach me, Valentin. Show me how to be a good wol
How is he so attractive?He’s literally your bitch mom’s BFF. Move on, I threw back at my inner voice.“A lady never reveals her true age,” Valentin teased.I rolled my eyes at him. “Right so you and my mom fought the vampires?”“We did. Start on some hamstring stretches,” he said. I followed suit a
I shifted uncomfortably. Maybe Victoria hadn’t told him. “Like the guys she’s picked out for me?” I mumbled. “The ones who could be my fated mate?”Valentin looked towards the floor. He ran his tongue over his bottom lip before pulling the door further. He looked back at me.“I’ll see you tomorrow,







