LOGINZora’s POVAs the evening wore on, my eyelids drooped, but I couldn’t find sleep even when I tried. I was close to the fire, resting on furs, and thanks to Neo, I had food in my belly. But, even as comfortable as I should have been, I found myself shivering with cold.Though the fire at my front was
Valentin’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
Then next morning, I trekked across campus with my hoodie over my head. I arrived at the gym a little past seven to see Valentin standing on the middle of a sparring mat. His arms were crossed over his chest and he looked anything but pleased. “You’re late,” he bit out. “Sorry,” I shrugged my ho
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
“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
I was about to leave class, blissfully unbothered and conversing with Loren when I felt a hand on my elbow. I whipped around, eyes wide and hands coming up to fight. I was shocked to see Thorne standing behind me, hands up in defense. “Gods above,” he hissed. He dropped his hands. “Are you always







