— Elaeya —
His phone rang again.
He sighed as he looked at his screen.
“Yeah,” he answered.
‘You want me to leave?’ I mouthed silent
— Elaeya —When I turned around and looked at him, his eyes looked dark, his posture had changed, and I realized what this looked like. This is not what I intended. What did I intend?I didn’t think. I went on instincts. But why? There had to be a reason. In looking for that reason in my head, I got closer to him. It had to do with his situation. He needed to heal, and I suddenly knew that I both helped
— Mishka —I was sitting on a bench in a plane with a small battalion getting ready for battle. Alpha Devon—the other Alpha Devon—was in the office with the captains preparing for the take-over and occupation of Nubinero.I had my head against the wall of the cabin, with my eyes closed. It would be nice if I could get a nap, but we were so cramped up together that it would take a small miracle for
— Kaden —I never realized how terrible my dating game was.What do people do? Where do they go? What do they talk about?And she was not helping me. Not one bit. But again, she probably didn’t know more than I did.
— Kaden —She had been silent for a while now. All our plates were empty.I called the end of the evening, and everyone got up.Sam began piling plates and kicked Stellan, who got the gist of it, and the guys took everything back to the kitchen.
—Kaden —When the phone rang this time, I woke up.I took it from the nightstand and gave it straight to Elaeya without looking at it. I was lying on my side with her nested in my arms, her face pressed against my chest.I could have slept a few more hours, at least.
— Elaeya —I slept surprisingly well, though I found the landing a little jarring and my ears kept popping. I never expected air travel to be such a strange experience.I went inside the small bathroom once we landed and tried to straighten out, thinking of what Mariqueen told me.On t
— Kaden —I managed to dodge my sisters throughout the day. I’m pretty sure Jasmine was paying anyone she could to get tea on Elaeya, so I had to limit the access to my home from the staff, just so I could err on the safe side.A part of me wanted to think it would be easier after tonight, but I’ve never been strong on self-deluding.
— Kaden —I dropped my ass on the leather sofa in my father’s office.My father closed the door and leaned against his desk, his arms crossed.“What’s going on?” I asked him.
— Elaeya —I woke in a familiar hospital room. Kaden was there. I tried to smile and tell him I was okay and to wipe those worries off his face, but the words caught it my throat. The place smelt clean and fresh, but there was this echo of filth, and blood, and gore that came back to me and refused to go way.
— Kaden —“What’s the report,” I asked Darren from a small room next to Elaeya hospital room.“First, how is she?&rdquo
— Elaeya —We grabbed the fuel. I opened the door and splashed it in the direction the men went. I knew there was no other way out. Tamarak came in after me and splashed another can. His hands were nearly back to their normal size now.
— Kaden —“We got words they know we’re coming and have called up the cavalry,” told me Jaxx.“Huh,” said Mishka
— Kaden —“I found it,” said Jean-Philippe on the other side of the line.The info we had found on Elaeya’s position had been
— Kaden —‘Hey boss,’ said Mishka through the mindlink.Everything was pa
— Kaden —I was covered in blood from head to toe.‘What’s the result?’ I mindliked the head of all my teams.
— Kaden —We were on the clearing where I married Elaeya.There were no fairy lights, no flowers, no decorations. All the trees were bare excep
— Tamarak —Seven hundred and fifty-nine days.I haven’t seen the sun or the moon since, but I feel it, every time the sun sets, every ti