“If we don’t try then my wife dies.” Caius growled.Damon squeezed Ghost’s shoulder. “Try, Ghost. She just saved us all. We can’t leave her hanging.”“Fuck. Fuck! Okay, I’ll do it.” Ghost tossed his shirt to the ground. “You guys need to get out of range. I won’t be able to focus if I’m worried abou
AnastasiaI faded in and out for a while. Each time I regained consciousness I heard voices. The first few times it was Evangeline, followed by Knight, and sometimes Maverick. I caught snippets here and there. Words like bomb, or explosion ability, or distraction.They must’ve been talking about the
Fuck that wasn’t good. When the Luna Queen wasn’t happy that typically meant someone was getting punished, and often that someone ended up being Evangeline.I wanted to demand she stay here. My gut told me that Caius would back me up if he knew the full extent of how her mother treated her, but it w
AnastasiaI let out a groan and turned to watch Knight saunter into the room. Without hesitation he launched himself onto the bed, and by proxy, onto me. Caius snarled, smacking him upside the head, while I grunted from the impact of Knight’s bulky ass frame.“Ow, what the fuck?” He swung at Caius,
Damon made a sound of agreement. “She did say that whatever we found here would change everything. Her mother being alive sure does change things.”“But my mother wasn’t anyone important.” I frowned, “She didn’t have any renowned ability. I actually don’t think she had an ability at all. She also ne
CaiusI could say with a moderate level of confidence that my wife was certifiably insane.We stood in the middle of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery where Anastasia’s mother was buried. Anastasia strutted past the gates in that little black outfit she’d thrown on back in the manor, her hips swaying and comma
My lips began to lift, but I forced them back down.“Celine Dion. Really, Anastasia?”My menace of a wife turned, a brilliant smile sweeping across her face. It made her glow, that tanned skin of hers taking on a golden hue. For a moment, the words I’d been prepared to say lodged themselves in my th
I said none of that.It was becoming glaringly obvious that I enjoyed pissing my wife off.I smirked. “I never said that.”One minute I’d been gearing up to slam the shovel into the earth, and the next it was gone from my hands. I looked around, registering the smug little grin on Anastasia’s face.
“You were made to be mine.” I tore the robe from her body and relished the sound of fabric splitting. Grabbing her wrists, I pinned them behind her back and flipped her around so that her back was flush against my chest. Sweeping an arm out, I cleared my desk of everything, earning a gasp from Anast
I kept moving, my senses stretched as far as they could go. A soft shuffle, nearly undetectable, had me turning left. I continued to follow the hall, turned again, then stopped when I saw her.At the very end of the hallway, bathed in shadows and pale slants of moonlight, was my wife. She was hardly
CaiusUpon returning home, I had one of the few remaining staff draw Anastasia a bath. The woman spent most of her time in there. Not that I paid much attention.Only I did.I told myself it didn’t matter. That I wasn’t counting the minutes she spent in there, listening for the hum of that fucking t
Caius let out a pained grunt, then lifted me from his lap.“I know, which is exactly why we’re coming to an agreement now and not later.”I grinned, feeling victorious. “You won’t regret it.”But as I turned my gaze back to the book on my lap, and to my troubled thoughts, the strange unease in my st
I didn’t admit it to him, but his words made me feel better.“She spent my whole life teaching me to hide my ability. She drilled it into me that I couldn’t trust anyone with my secret, and then she just up and left. Lied about dying. Now I find this note telling me not to look for her. That she had
AnastasiaThe jet hummed softly as it carved a path through the sky, the pack still hours away. The cabin was dim, the lights turned low, and the air thick with unspoken thoughts.I was beginning to suffocate on them.To make matters worse, Maverick sat just a few rows over. Caius apologized prior t
Then there was Caius.Traveling with him wasn’t hardest because of our bickering—that was expected. It was hardest because, somewhere along the way, I had started to enjoy being around him. We were learning each other in ways that felt dangerous. Intimate.I knew how he favored lighter suits as the
AnastasiaBy the time the movie ended, my frustration had dulled to a simmer. The rom com had done its job, distracting me from my own life long enough to keep me from spiraling. Fallon stretched her legs out and released a yawn before turning to me with a smirk.“So, care to talk about your problem
Caius stilled for just a second, his mug raised halfway to his lips. A flicker of something crossed his face—something guarded, almost unsure. Then, as if making a decision, he let out a slow breath and leaned against the counter.“I reacted, because I know someone who can do what he claimed you cou