His words ring in my ear. I get what he is saying. I understand the words, but I can’t seem to grasp their meaning.Adopted. Adopted.How am I adopted? Of everything that has happened, not once has it ever crossed my mind that I may not be the biological child of my parents.“H-how?” I stammer the w
I’ve known Raven for three years. In those three years, I’ve witnessed a lot of emotions from her, but never fear.Have you ever come across someone who is fearless? Someone who nothing ever shakes them? Nothing ever rattles them. Raven is that person to me. Seeing the fear on her face right now, su
Alec. I was still reeling from whatever the fuck Raven had done to me when her words penetrated my throbbing brain. Fuck, I shouldn’t have antagonized her, but in my defense, I wasn’t in the right headspace. Things haven’t gone the way I’d pictured them today. I was stressed and on edge. That wasn
She takes a deep breath, before her glaring eyes refocus on me. “If it were any other crime, they would have been imprisoned in a normal dungeon or hell, in the council’s stronghold. Instead, they were imprisoned somewhere where no one knew their location and then their prison was sealed off with ma
Sadie. I pull Raven into my room before shutting the door. The moment we are alone, Raven sits down on my bed while I start pacing the room anxiously. So far, I am not liking the way things were going. In fact, I hate how everything has turned out. Would it make me a coward if I just fled back to
It has been a really stressful day, to say the least, and I can’t wait to go to sleep and just forget about everything, even if it’s for a while.After our talk, Raven left to research more about the confinement spell. She hoped that she could ask around among the witches she knew. Hoped she could f
You are probably wondering why now. Well, Alec wasn’t there when she was born. So, even though the bond settled in him, it didn’t completely settle in Aspen. Let's just say that it was loose. That's the best term I can give it.They have been around each other but never really interacted until today
A freezing, wet, and hard surface is underneath me. This isn’t like the soft mattress I slept on a couple of hours ago. I want to continue sleeping for a little while, but it’s unbearable. I try to shift, hoping I will get comfortable, but it doesn’t work. Small, hard things press into my skin, incr