LOGINAstaroth POVPerched on a ridge above the packhouse, I sat like a shadow stretched long by twilight—still, silent, soaked in rot and thought. The trees around me stood bare and brittle, stripped of bark, stinking of sulfur and secrets. I watched them. The packhouse stood like a monument of misplaced
Knox POVMy father's words hung in the air like smoke."She's not fooling me," my once-father muttered, stepping closer. "I see her. I see through all of you.""Pa," Kane replied coldly, his tone firm, a warning wrapped in ice. A warning Leigh ignored as his gaze narrowed in on my angel.The air in
Kane POVThe kitchen had never felt smaller. Tension bled from every surface, thickening the air, coiling like smoke. I leaned against the edge of the island, one eye on Charlotte—who sat pale but stubborn beside the stove—and the other on the ticking clock. The steady hum of the refrigerator was th
"I'm getting water," I muttered, needing something to do. My back ached. My hips screamed. I was one emotionally frazzled breath away from punching someone."I'll get it." Liam moved toward me, brushing his knuckles across my forehead with a frown. "You're hot.""She's fine." Knox growled."No, she'
Lottie POV"Seems we can't have one peaceful morning," Knox grumbled, dragging a shirt over his head. The bitterness in his tone wasn't aimed at me—but at the world, maybe. I reached out, brushing my fingers over his hand as he adjusted the hem."Soon, we'll have all the time in the world." I tried
"I didn't get anything," I confirmed, shooting a quick look at Liam, to see him checking his phone for the millionth time this hour."He mindlinked the entire pack last night—" She shifted her weight, and her confusion quickly turned to alarm. "Everyone was told we were under attack. Apparently, he'
Kane POV I stepped into the smug prick who stood before me, his hands placed behind his back as he stood beside my father and Charlotte's—smiling at me like a Cheshire cat. Fuck I wanted to knock his teeth back down his throat. We were getting nowhere, just going round in circles! "Don't say I did
Kane POV "Can we get more tequila for the room?" Charlotte asked, her eyes sparkling with excitement. How was a guy meant to deny those blue sapphire eyes when they shone like that? "We can get whatever you want, angel!" Knox smirked, bending down to grip her legs and throw her over his shoulder,
Lottie POV I don't know if it was a few minutes or half an hour. Still, Knox kept working on my pussy with that tongue of his that had me travelling to the highest peak only to push me off into a pool of liquid heat that consumed me entirely, leaving me an incoherent blubbering mess. Never had I fe
"Stop teasing me!" I groaned, lifting my hips to his face hungrily. His tongue on my sweet spot, even for just a few seconds, made me writhe on the bed from the intense pleasure. "Knox, please!" I begged, my head tossing from side to side on his bed. A dark chuckle escaped his lips seconds before







