He would come back just to try and get in the way of it. Now that Estella was gone, he would remember that we’re mates, and we could get back to the way we were before when all he cared about was me. When he doted on me and loved me when he wanted me. I could imagine wearing that white dress again, and this time it actually being for our wedding. The way he’d smile at me, how happy he would make me for the rest of my life.I sat on the edge of a large rock. He pulled out a box of medicine that didn’t look like what he usually used, then he started to wash all the scrapes I had. His hands were so warm. His fingertips skimmed over my skin in an almost ticklish way. Then, I thought about what he’d done to me in Lunae. The passion and heat that he’d kissed me with. The way he’d made me cry out for him in that alleyway. The way he’d made me melt. My heart started to speed up, and I felt warm all over. I wanted him to do it again. I wanted more. As he reached my chest, I saw in his eyes tha

He headed towards the figure in the woods, and I headed toward the direction he’d gestured towards. The pleasure still hummed in my veins, but I did want more. More than that, the anticipation of how jealous Candido would be made me throb. I felt like I was getting wetter with every step.I walked for a few minutes before I found him. There was a great wall of darkness in front of him. He faced it, staring into it. At least, that’s what it looked like. I was close enough that I knew he could smell me, but he didn’t turn around. I approached him, about to call out to him when he spoke.“I am glad to hear it,” he said. “What about Wolf Fang and Mountain Cliff?”My eyes widened, and I held back from calling out to him, listening. He started to pace, but he didn’t seem to notice me, or maybe he didn’t care that I was there. And he shouldn’t. I was his mate. We were going to rule Full Moon together. I should know everything he does about the status of the werewolf world. I almost smiled, k

“You think you can keep it from me,” I said, meeting his gaze. “You’re wrong. I’ll find it before you will.”Peter didn’t respond. His expression didn’t change, but his eyes glowed softly with red light. There was a twitch in his jaw that seemed like he wanted to say something, but he was holding it back.“I’ll take your silence,” I said and smirked. “Seems like you already know that you can’t win against me.”Peter blinked. Then, he closed his eyes, and a shield of light circled around him. I flinched at the show of power. It felt hot as if it would burn me if I got closer. I crossed my arms as we rode. Cillian didn’t look back. If he heard anything, or if he was paying attention, I didn’t know, but I looked up at him and wondered what it would take for him to tell me anything and everything he knew about the Heart of the Moon.“Cillian,” I said. “What do you—”“Quiet,” he said sharply, drawing a blade from his belt.My face flushed as we headed out of the forest and into the mountai

I walked with the rest of the people who had been forced outside toward the center of town. People were screaming, struggling against groups of vampires that were draining them. Then, I saw Steven on the ground as a man stomped on him.“Don’t hurt him!” I flinched at the sound of Bella’s voice. Then, I saw her. What was she doing here? Wasn’t she banished? Then, I realized that was probably where Steven and Lilian had gone: to retrieve her from wherever she’d been.She looked better than the last time I saw her. She was tied up too, but further away.“Don’t you touch my daughter,” Steven hissed.I clenched my jaw and felt my eyes pricking with tears. He would never say that about me. It was always Bella. The vampire kicked him in the face. Blood splattered. Bella wailed.“Daddy!”“I’m only going to ask one more time,” the guy standing over Steven hissed. “Where is the relic?”“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Steven cried out as the man shot him in the leg. He writhed around o

I smiled, glad to hear his voice, but what he said next just made my hopes deflate.“Wolf Fang is your birthright. You should remain here to help rebuild it as a pack.”“I’m not staying here,” I said, closing the drawer. “My place is with you.”“Hedy—”“I want to be with you. I’m your mate. I’m your luna. We could be so happy together if you just let us be happy together. If you’d just stop pushing me away. Can’t you see that I’ve done all of this for you? I left Wolf Fang for good years ago. You promised me a place with you.”Candido took a deep breath as he stood and continued checking the floorboards. There weren’t any others that popped up. The drawers were empty. There weren’t any hollows in the wall.Cillian came in. “Any luck?”“None,” Candido said. “If you’re sure that Hedwig might have owned it, and it was inconspicuous enough, it’s likely with all of her things.”“And where are they?”“In Full Moon.” His lips twitched. “What’s left of it anyway.”“Don’t look so sad,” I said.