I sneered at her. If it wasn’t for that man, I guess it would have been snowing in hell already.“That’s what you say,” I said. “But I’m not going to let you continue to poison Candido against me.”She cocked an eyebrow at me, and the man looked at me as if I was crazy.“You’re poisoning him against yourself.”I glared at her. “No, I’m not! Ever since you showed up—”“Hedy,” Estella cut in. “The number of times I could have killed you and didn’t… The number of times that it would have saved us all the trouble is too numerous to count.”“Are you threatening me?”“If I had,” she said. “Candido would mourn you, sure. I would tell him exactly why I did it, and eventually, he would move on.”“He would never forgive you!”She shrugged. “That has absolutely nothing to do with this conversation.”I hissed at her. “How could anyone think that you’re his mate? How could anyone think that you’re a better luna than I am!”“I wouldn’t wait until you were unable to defend yourself to try and push y

How would she know that the maps are supposed to be different? The maps that are in our database should be fine, and if they aren't, it's only because she and Damian and whoever's behind him, that Marius guy, has corrupted them.”It was so nice to have someone actually listening to me. This guy nodded along and seconded my opinions on the situation. He even agreed that Estella was a danger to the war and specifically to Candido. He believed in my ability to be Pandora, to be luna, to be exactly what I was meant to be.“I don’t think it was right for him to strip you of your power,” he said idly. “You’ve done so much for the organization as Pandora, after all. It’s hard to think that he’d do that without good reason.”My eyes burned with frustration. Why couldn't Candido see that either? That there was no good reason!“I have! He’s not appreciating it at all! None of them are. It’s so obvious that she’s just trying to take my place. I bet she doesn’t even know how to use a computer; sh

I couldn’t believe that Candido was continuing to go through with this, but as I watched and listened, there was no sign of him stopping. Duster, or whatever his real name was, was left twitching and foaming at the mouth. Blood started to run down his cheeks from his eyes.“He’s the familiar of…” Psyche pulled back as he choked and went still. “There’s nothing left in there. His mind shattered.”I glared at the woman. Estella scoffed and lifted her gun to Duster’s head. She fired. His head exploded in a burst of blood and brains that splattered over Candido. I covered my mouth as my stomach lurched. Candido’s eyes widened. He stared at Duster’s body as it fell sideways.“She said that his mind was shattered,” Candido said. “You didn’t—Why did you do that?”Estella looked at him and blinked as she couldn’t believe that he would ask her that. I stepped forward.“It should have been Candido’s right to decide on his fate, not yours,” I said. “He was a member of Moon Shadow—”“What good is

The two that had tried to help Estella staggered among the earth spikes, leaving smears of blood everywhere. They fell under the weight of vampires pouncing on them, biting them. Another roar shook the air, and a burst of wind rushed through the area, shoving the vampires back into the wall. Spikes shot out, impaling them all as Candido struggled further through the crowd. None of the other bodies moved, but at this distance, I could still see Estella moving, trying to get her bearings against the wall. She slipped and light rippled over her skin again as she started to fall.Why wasn’t she dead yet? He stopped and tried to catch the other two, but he didn’t stop for long, leaving them and heading towards Estella. He gathered her close, cupping her face and cradling her to his chest.“Candido, come back!” I cried, letting the tears stream down my face. “Forget about her! She’ll get you killed!”He didn’t turn back to me. I didn’t even think he could hear me. I heard more vampires runn

I bristled at the question.“Is that what she told you? Doesn’t that just prove that she was just trying to poison you against me? She was trying to keep us apart, but she’s gone now.”I took his hands and tried to pull them around my waist but he pulled his hands away from me.“... why did you say she attacked you?”“Because she did,” I said pulling at his arm. “She attacked me again on the truck. She was going to push me off and—”“Why didn’t you go back when I told you to?”“I wanted to be at your side. Doesn’t that mean anything to you? Shouldn’t you want your mate at your side?” I dug my fingers into his arm, refusing to let go of him even as he stood and tried to pull away. “Can’t you see that I’m just trying to prove that I’m your luna?”“What happened to Vanessa?” He asked, his voice growing softer.“Stop asking me questions and answer mine!”“What happened to Apollo?”I growled. “That doesn’t matter--”“What happened to Dune?”“I said stop asking—”“What does she have to do w