Rylee ignored me on Monday and she was never alone. She looked worried and her eyes looked sad and something else I couldn’t place. She ignored my texts too and I was close to losing my temper. We were sitting in the cafeteria having lunch and I couldn’t help but stare at her.“Lucas, I have to talk to you about something,” Jax said as I sat down.“What’s up Jax?” I asked him still looking at Rylee.“I’ve found the one,” he said to me.“The one what?” I asked not really listening to him.“My bonded half… it’s Chris… her smell is intoxicating and I know you’re protective but I’m not going to reject this bond,” he said to me and my head snapped to his.“What?” I asked him thinking I didn’t hear him correctly.“Chris and I have been bonded,” he said to me.“No,” I said to him.“It

I sat in the dining room but I couldn’t eat, I was nervous. It was Monday and Rylee’s birthday, she would know I was her bonded half the moment she saw me. I had no idea when JD’s birthday was because he would’ve known already if he had turned seventeen.“Have a good day at school,” Martha yelled as we headed to the front door.“Thanks!” Preston yelled back and slammed the door shut.I drove to school alone and much slower than normal. I parked in my usual spot and sat staring out in front of me until I heard the bell ring. Great, now I was late for class. I walked to my locker getting my books and headed to our homeroom.“You’re late Mr. Grey,” Ms. Lucy said as I opened the door.My eyes found Rylee and she gasped audibly. My eyes flickered between green and yellow as I took her scent in, it was much stronger now that she was seventeen and she looked at me with disbelief all over her face. JD was watching both of us and I saw the exact moment he realized what had happened.“Sorry,” I

I ran up the stairs to my room and opened the door. My bed was made and a folded letter lay neatly on my pillow. I knew immediately that she wasn't here. She wasn't even in the house and I dreaded to pick up that letter."Dear LucasI can't stay here, not just with you, but here in Aurora. A relationship between us would never work, especially after what happened to me. You seem like a good person, to me at least, you deserve someone that can give you everything. I have nothing to give you. Reject this bond and move on with your life, I'm sure a chosen half would be much better suited to you than me.Take care,Rylee."Rev stood in my doorway and walked over to me as I held the letter up. He read it quickly and put it down on the bed next to me."She's afraid," he said."She didn't want to tell me what happened to her but Stella said she had bruising. I think she was raped," I said to him."You should talk to Hannah," he said."Why?" I asked him."She sees and feels things," he said a

A lot has happened in the past six years. Chris and Jax had gotten married and Preston had met his bonded half, funnily enough she was human but she had taken the news of dragonkin well and they were well suited. She didn't take any of his bullshit and he had changed from a player to a caring and thoughtful boyfriend.Rev had been charged with aggravated assault, possession of an illegal firearm and obstruction of justice. He had also been found guilty and he was currently serving his time at the Federal Prison in Chicago. Hannah had taken it very badly and most nights she screamed as she felt Rev's pain. Rev had also refused any visitors and none of us had seen him in six years.I reached out to Tirsynth on a weekly basis and he confirmed that Rev was doing all right, sometimes he'd tell Baz that Rev had been hurt but mostly I already knew that through Hannah. I kept tabs on him and made sure that he always had money in his prison account and we sent him packages weekly.Rylee had fi

I knocked on the door right across from my suite and looked into Colin's face as he opened the door. He smiled briefly at me before his face became questioning since my expression was serious."Sire Lucas, what brings you to my door?" he asked."Cut the bullshit Colin, I need to speak to Rylee," I said to him. Rylee appeared next to him still looking like shit."I need you to accompany me to the conference room to meet with the Elders," I said to her."I'll accompany Rylee," Colin said and he stepped forward but I moved in front of him as Rylee stepped into the hallway and blocked his view."You're not invited," I said to him.I turned and nudged Rylee with a hand on her shoulder towards the elevator. She didn't say a word and I was glad. I couldn't talk to her right now, I was still too angry at her confession. There was probably nothing wrong with Colin except that she loved him."Lucas, can we talk please?" she asked me when the doors closed and we started going down."There's no p