I wasn’t sure how long I’d been gone, but when I finally returned to the party I couldn’t find Caius anywhere.I’d been moments away from calling for him through the mind-link when finally I found him.I had thought this day couldn’t get any worse, but clearly I’d been wrong.He stood in the shadows
AnastasiaThe rest of the wedding breezed by, especially once Marjorie and her date were discreetly escorted from the premises.Dinner was long, full of speeches that would’ve brought a tear to my eye had my entire marriage to Caius not been based on a lie. I could hardly focus on keeping up the act
Caius cleared his throat, his brows furrowing. “It wasn’t consensual. Her date’s ability allowed him to enhance other abilities. She was able to stun me with her pheromones. I fought it off, but not quickly enough.” Genuine frustration took hold of him, seeping its way into his voice. “After the Gal
“I’d suggest holding back making any more sounds.” He said over the mind-link. As if to emphasize his point his cock throbbed beneath my feet. “The only male who gets to hear your pleasure is me.”Fucking hell. I could handle grumpy Caius, and even asshole Caius, but seductive, flirty Caius was too
AnastasiaTo absolutely nobody’s surprise the flight was long, and arduous, and downright miserable with Evangline and Knight at each other’s throats the entire time.And to think at one point I thought Caius and I were bad. Hah! We had nothing on Knight and Evangeline. Compared to them we truly wer
Standing on a thick area rug whose pattern of intersecting lines had a very subtle vintage feel, was a man and a woman.The man had dark skin that seemed to glow from within, his hair cropped close to his head. He had an arm around the waist of a curvaceous woman, whose flowing auburn hair I was imm
AnastasiaNatasha smiled at the two of them—a secret smile that had me wondering what the hell she might’ve seen in those visions of hers—and nudged Evangeline forward.“After a stressful, high-profile wedding, and being cooped up on a jet for twelve hours you all deserve a night out. Perhaps it’ll
“You,” she huffed, “are full of shit!”Feeling emboldened by the fact that there was an entire bed between us, I stuck out my tongue. “Says the woman whose dripping wet because a man was finally mean to her!”“Oh, you little—”We wrestled back and forth for a few minutes before collapsing onto the b
The healer arrived then, knocking softly on the door. I didn’t pay them any mind as they entered, or as they touched around my forehead with cold fingers. My mind was lost, replaying Caius’s words.Once the healer left, taking with them my throbbing headache, I took a slow, steady breath and looked
AnastasiaCaius’s jaw clenched, his eyes flashing dangerously. A crack of thunder sounded from outside. “I should have torn them apart,” he growled, his voice low and menacing.I shrugged, trying to maintain my nonchalant facade. Caius’s rage was like being swept away in a storm. “You didn’t know. B
I watched in utter bewilderment as his face slowly transformed into a grin.“You steal my shirt, interrupt my hangover, and now you’re making jokes?”At some point we must’ve made it to his office, because he nudged open the door and stepped inside all without jostling my coffee. The retort died in
AnastasiaI had done an excellent job of avoiding Caius all morning. Or so I thought.Once Evangeline went home, I froze time long enough to make a mad dash downstairs. The throbbing in my head was relentless. Every werewolf knew magic and alcohol did not mix, but most of us were too stubborn to lis
“I’m doing this because I’m a good person,” I announced, purely because I was becoming more and more intoxicated, and I needed to remind myself why I shouldn’t go through with Evangeline’s revenge plot. This felt like the simplest reason. “Hype me up before I do something I’ll regret, and we both kn
AnastasiaEvangeline’s eyes shimmered with mischief. “I have a fun fact for you. The Windsor family spent upwards of 1.4 million dollars in PR firms, cybersecurity experts, and legal teams. They staged a scrub that spanned the globe, Ana. That takes money and power. It’s like CIA level shit. I’m tal
“Blackwell adventures.” As we descended into laughter, neither of us commented on the undertone of sadness in our voices, or how it fell upon the room like a dark shroud.I leaned back against the headboard and searched through the snippets of my memory. “There was something else. At one point the h
Anastasia“I’m a coward, aren’t I?” I brought my knees up to my chest with a huff. The bruises peppered along my body had healed long ago, but still I felt the phantom ache, the incessant reminder, of what had happened between Caius and I in that forest.I swore it was the mark playing tricks on me,
“This entire thing is incredibly barbaric,” I whisper-hissed. “They didn’t let me clean myself, as I’m sure you and everyone else know.”Radiating an air of pure smugness, Caius leaned down and murmured in my ear. “Because I ordered them not to.”As if on cue, an upbeat melody drifted through the ai