Lilac’s P.O.V. One month… The first three days passed within the blink of an eye. It didn’t matter how long I spent with Nox, burrowed in his arms, so entangled with one another that nothing could pry us free. No amount of time would ever be enough. Living in the same house as eleven other people

Her eyes were bloodshot, frantically scanning my face as she tried and failed to speak. All that left her lips was a wet rasp. Turner pushed himself up from the ground, his movements stiff and robotic. I took in his fractured skull and translucent skin, and instantly understood what she’d been tryin

Lilac’s P.O.V. Two Weeks… The air was knocked from my lungs as I was slammed onto the thick padded mat lining the training facility’s floors. I quickly rolled, jumping to my feet. It was bad enough that I was coated in 6 different people’s sweat. I really didn’t want to add blood and drool to the

It was Shayla that broke the silence. She stood from the bench we shared and spoke in a shaky voice, “Kalix, what’s going on?” His eyes visibly softened as he looked at her. It lasted but a moment before anger and frustration won out, darkening his sharp features. He looked absolutely spent. “My c

The gut-wrenching sob that tore its way from my throat was swallowed by his lips, cradled in the embrace of a man I trusted with every fiber of my being. I couldn’t bring myself to pull away, not when the bond we shared wrapped around us both. My pain became his, and when our fear bubbled into somet