KiraI texted Jack. I really had no excuse.KIRA: Hey you. I heard training was cancelled today.JACK: I was just about to text you! Do you have time to hang today?How do you text someone that you want to meet up with them in person to not really hang out, but kind of just… break up instead? KIRA: Yes, maybe we could go for a drive?JACK: Great. Meet you at my car in a half hour?KIRA: Sounds great.Sounds great? I was lying to both of us. Pacing around my room, I

PerrinI held Lo close to my chest, hoping she wouldn’t make a sound. I could feel every breath as her chest pressed into mine. The coconut smell of her shampoo was lightly fragrant. I became instantly nervous that he would be able to smell it.“I know that scent. And he shouldn’t be here.”I heard heavy, shuffling steps along the stone floor, and the another. There were two werewolves in here. One scent I recognized. The other was foreign to me. How strange. Why would Janas bring another pack member into our archive?Silently, Lo looked up into my face. She was confused, not scared. She looked… almost annoyed.“This is your

Leila“Perrin, over here!”He was at least a half a mile away, but he heard me. I had just caught the flowery scent of roses. Kira. She had to be nearby.Perrin was there before I had a chance to pick up on the direction it was coming from.He pointed without words. We ran down a grassy knoll into a patch filled with wildflowers. For a beautiful day, the park was remarkably empty.“She has to be nearby. Don’t worry.” But I knew my words didn’t have any effect.“Go that way. We can’t take any chances.”We separated again.

Mark“That was too close.”“To what, the truth?” Deidre scorned in response as we headed down the hallway.“He’s going to find out!” “Until then, I don’t see the point in worrying about it.” “Why aren’t you more concerned about this?”“Because I’ve had more than eighteen years to be concerned about it, Mark.” She turned, her eyes fierce and hands on her hips. “Do us both a favor and stop pretending like you care now.”It felt like a blow in the gut. The Luna infuriated me to no end. As if thinking she won, she smirked, and turning on her h

KiraThe air was electric between the two of us. I looked straight into those golden eyes and set down my glass.“I see you came dressed for the occasion.”His breath was hot on the back my neck, the words too low for anyone but me. He made a gesture to the bartender, asking him to put my drinks on the tab for his room.His hand took mine and engulfed it, leading me across the lobby towards a set of gilded elevators. My heels clicked across the marble floor of the lobby. The hotel receptionist gave me a scathing look from across the desk. “You look like you fit in here.” His voice was low, a husky rumble deep within his chest. I still hadn’t said a word, but flushed as his eyes drank me in from head to foot. I w