جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 500

The air outside is cold enough to bite. Good, cold helps to keep me from getting lost in my own thoughts.I post my apartment keys through the letterbox of the takeaway downstairs and send a text message to the owner, thanking him for letting me rent the apartment and explaining there has been an ur

I laugh, relieved. “Yeah, okay. That’s fair.”Her gaze flicks to my bags in the back. “You sure this is what you want to do, to run off alone?”I hesitate. The truth is, I’m terrified of what I’m about to face. I know that once I get on that bus, I’m accepting my fate. I’m going back to my mates, to

I don’t wave, I just hold his gaze for a second longer than I should. Then the bus lurches forward, and the town slides away.I relax into my seat and let myself breathe, because I got away. I got on the bus without my protectors catching me, and Alaric has my number, even if it’s the wrong one.The

“Then she doesn’t come.”“What if she stays at Paige’s?”“Then we wait.”His jaw tightens. “And if she decides she made a mistake coming back at all?”I finally look at him.“Then we let her go.”The words feel like a punch to the chest as I force them out.Jake swallows hard. He nods because he kno

“I didn’t know if I should come tonight,” I admit. “I thought maybe… tomorrow.” My voice sounds smaller than I intended.Leo shifts slightly, not stepping forward, just redistributing his weight. The sound of his boot against the wood makes my stomach flip.“You don’t have to be here if it’s not wha