“If—” My throat clenched, “When we find Lilac, what will she have the Order do? I know Phineas and Alpha Gideon well enough. This is going to come to war. What will she do to help us win?” Valeria stood from the sofa and smoothed down her pencil skirt with the palms of her hands. “She has plans of
Her warning was more for Hakeem than me. A few days ago, she’d hissed in pain after projecting too far. Hakeem had panicked and grabbed hold of her, making her decent back into her body even more taxing. Taking one final swig of water, she closed her eyes and slipped away. Seconds stretched into mi
Lilac’s P.O.V. Fifteen. That’s how many people Phineas had me kill over the following, hours, days, weeks. However long it’s been since I drained the life from Harriet’s body. Each time I closed my eyes, I’d see their faces. I’d hear the screams they let out, the way their voices cracked as they
The crack of a whip cleaving the air in two sliced a path through the numbness slithering through my veins. Every muscle in my body tensed, roaring with pain from being suspended above ground for so long. The steady clack, clack, clack of Phineas’s shoes hitting the floor grew closer. “I will have
I struggled to hold my head up. The Whisperer inched closer to my side and spoke low in my ear. “Tell him about the cabin I sent you and Nox to. Tell him that’s where Nox’s troops plan to meet. I’ll make sure there’s a surprise there waiting for him. I would’ve smiled if it didn’t feel like I was be
Lilac’s P.O.V. His smoke and shadow eyes widened at the sound of my voice. “Don’t think I enjoyed any of what was done to you. It had to be this—” I rolled my eyes and shoved half of the buttered roll into my mouth. “Yeah, yeah, I already know. It had to be this way. There was no other option. Bla
“He’s a monster.” I already knew this, but I felt the need to say it out loud. “Yes, and he needs to be put down.” After Kalix’s confession, there was a tangible change between the two of us. He was trusting me to keep his identity a secret, and part of me wanted to trust him in return. With my s
Nox’s P.O.V. “Got here as fast as I could.” Hakeem panted, thundering into the room wearing nothing more than a pair of standard issue sweats. “When do we head out? Tell me it’s soon.” I looked up from the map sprawled across my desk, blinking the towns and cities from my eyes. Washington state wa