Sam immediately stands in front of Shandra."What do you think you're doing, Marcus?"Alpha barely looks at the demon as he answers:"Justice needs to be done.""Explain yourself.""Explain? In case you haven't noticed, Sam, your power here is extremely limited.""Stay away from Shandra, Marcus. If you take one more step-"The Shadow members, who were watching everything closely, begin to growl loudly. After all, they were responding directly to Marcus.Shandra stepped back, feeling the latent magic in her veins burn."Marcus, I already said I didn't want to do that! I was forced, the creature was about to kill me."The werewolf's blue eyes are wide with anger."The creature of which you speak, Shandra, is my brother!"Everyone goes into a deadly silence.Lianan is the first to ask, in a confused tone:"Brother? You don't have a brother."The hot tears streaming down Marcus' face are no more touching than his tone of voice."Yes, I do. Or at least, I did. He was my half-brother, the B

No one noticed when, quietly, Sam and Shandra left the chamber; or if they noticed, they didn't care.Now they were in some sort of very old, dusty library. The girl sneezed twice before asking:"What is it? What did you want to talk to me about?"Sam opened and closed her mouth, as if giving up on the initial sentence and wanting to rephrase it before verbalizing."I think I owe you an apology. Ever since I came into your life, everything has become a huge mess. And it is directly affecting my goal, which is to protect you.""That's not true.""Of course it is true. Listen: none of this was in my plans. After your parents died, I was going to take care of you. I was determined to come into your life and be a part of it. Then Julian came along and... And here we are. You're stuck in this endless mess, and the chances of your life returning to normal are practically nil."Shandra tilts her head and sighs heavily."Look, it's okay. It's not like this is your fault.""Of course it's my f

At first, Shandra thinks Sam wants to rip a piece of skin off her neck.But then the girl relaxes, noticing that the bite does not hurt her. Moreover, the demon's tongue slowly licks her, causing her body to simply stop functioning.Totally surrendered to the sensations, Shandra closes her eyes.Sam holds the girl's waist with both hands and growls. The sound reverberates through the sorceress' legs and arms, and when she finally opens her eyes, ready to say something, he lets her go.Both of them are panting, staring at each other.Endless seconds later, Shandra finally manages to verbalize something:"What... was that?"A viperine smile appears on the demon's lips."Really? Do I have to be even more clear?"Once again Sam attacks, but instead of biting her, it is the girl's lips that are hit hard....He bites her lower lip gently, then mutters a sarcastic laugh as he sees the girl's face getting hotter and hotter."Do you still want me to be more specific, Shandra?"The way he says

Shandra knew that, deep down, Julian was the more sensitive demon.Yes, Sam had made his feelings for Shandra very clear, though not in the exact words. But still, the exiled prince seemed to know the line between what was right, and what he wanted.The yellow-eyed redhead seemed to act in the opposite way: prioritizing what he wanted, and not caring a bit about what was right.The girl just stared at him, waiting for him to begin his story.Julian moistened his lips before he began:"I... I've always been in love with Eluna. From the moment I saw her.""Really?"He nods his head in the affirmative."When I first saw her, I didn't know she was promised to Sam. The Count knew that they were already close to getting married, and the Circle was not talking about anything else. The two met a few months before what would be the date of the ceremony.""What was it like meeting Eluna?""At first, difficult. She basically hated me.""Really?! Really. She kept saying that I was trying to steal

The two weeks it took to prepare and investigate the whereabouts of the fallen angels seemed to take two months.Sam and Julian were more tense with each other, mainly because now they had both opened up to Shandra, and in their own way, were trying to protect her.The coppery-eyed demon did not trust Julian. The ruby-haired demon did not trust Sam. And Shandra trusted them both, despite everything, and wanted them well above anything else.During their stay in Zirun, Shandra realized that both she and the boys were just not more revered than the Alpha himself in question. The Shadow, apparently, now had more power and relevance than the former Triad who, in turn, verbalized no discontent with the loss of the authority they once bestowed.In one of the several forays the three were making, Marcus emerged with two members of the Shadow at his side."Vanguards. Beacon of Light. Come with me, please."The three followed Marcus into a secluded room within the headquarters of the Shadow. I