Jessi's P.O.V.When Gabe said the name of the witch I never wanted to hear again, my blood ran cold; we had to get out of there. I wasn't prepared for Cressida. She's supposed to be dead. "Jock, get to Samira and get her out of that shack." I mindlink him. The evil feels like it's all around us."I'm already here. The rogues have left. I assume they're on their way to you with the others. I'm going to grab her and come back your way." I sigh in relief."Samira, Jock is coming to get you. Stay with him. We're going to get you back to the palace." "He's here, and he's untying the ropes now." She replies. "Jock has Samira. Let's get the hell out of here. I don't like this." I mindlink Wyatt."Jock, tell us when you're close so we can all return to the palace. We need a plan before we take on Cressida. I'd like to know how she's even here. Ryder and Zoe killed her." Wyatt takes my hand as darkness surrounds us. "We're wait

Cressida’s P.O.V. Why am I surrounded by morons? Gabe and Trevor were supposed to stay with the princess so I could use her blood. I would have been in my proper form, a centuries-old witch until I could find a body to steal, but that would have been better than a damn skunk. Why wasn't a bear or a deer around when the tree began rotting? Now, I’m in the middle of the forest looking for some bugs or small rodents to eat. Ryder thought he was so smart, throwing me into the fire, thinking he killed me. It doesn’t work like that for witches that have been around as long as I have. When will they learn? All the fire did was release me to be absorbed into the earth. Granted, I wasn’t able to return to human form right away, but that’s what I’m working on now. Maybe I’ll take over Jessi’s body. She's going to die, anyway; it would be a shame to let her body go to waste. Finally, I see a little mouse running in front of me. I

Jessi's P.O.V. Wyatt groans as soon as we get the mindlink from Dr. Neelson. I can't help laughing as we leave the bedroom to go to his office. My little puppy wasn't done playing yet. "I swear the entire palace must have us under surveillance. Why do they constantly have to interrupt us?" Wyatt complains as we go downstairs. "Oh, I don't know, maybe because an evil witch is trying to kill us all," I say, looking at him with a smirk. He pulls me into his arms before we reach Dr. Neelson's office and kisses me. "That may be true, but that doesn't stop the fact that I need my mate. How am I supposed to fight against the witch if I can't release my stress in the best way possible? It's not fair that we've had one problem after another since we found each other. Most mates get at least a day or two together when they first meet. We haven't had more than a few hours here and there." I giggle as h

Jessi's P.O.V.I'm staring at Dr. Neelson with an arrow in his chest and the note hanging on the end, but I still can't believe what I'm seeing. Why was he killed? More importantly, who the fuck is after us now? I turn when I hear footsteps, and I see Ryder and Zoe. I guess Wyatt mindlinked them."What happened?" Ryder asks, looking at Dr. Neelson."I called my dad and discovered that the rogue who looks like Zayden and has Zayden's DNA is not actually Zayden. We came to Dr. Neelson to ask how that was possible and found him like this," I still can't wrap my head around this. We don't need another crazed psychopath. One trying to kill us is more than enough; thank you!I walk over and remove the note from the arrow. I notice one of the windows is open, and I peer outside. The office is located in the back of the palace, looking over part of the wooded area. I can see how easy it would be for someone to shoot him through the window with his office bein

Cressida's P.O.V. That little bastard Trevor is going to pay. Not only did he go to the palace with no intention of helping get the princess. He's now found his mate, who happens to be a witch. That wouldn't be a bad thing, but she's a good witch. When I felt her removing the spell I had inside him, I immediately knew where she'd come from. Not many witches can overpower dark magic, but those from the Moonrise Coven can. Gabe isn't back yet with my virgins, so I'm just walking around this shack still as a skunk. I should have never trusted either of them. They are going to ruin everything for me because of their incompetence. Now that the palace has that witch there, I'm sure she's placing a protection spell around them. It won't stop me from attacking, but it will change the method I use. We have an army of rogues ready to attack when I tell them to, but they're useless if they're going to get themselves killed.