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Eden’s POVIt only took me about an hour to decide…Yes. I really did like Lucia.She told me all about Italy as she unpacked her things. She took out each piece of clothing one at a time and offered it to me. Some pieces she decided for me. Wrong color, wrong cut, wrong fabric. The others, she tossed my way.I was very grateful to have some decent clothes and I told her so.She chuckled. She knew a lot about clothes and loved, loved, loved fashion. It was one of the reasons she went to Italy every year.She talked briefly about her parents. “They weren’t always like this,” she confessed. “My dad used to be a real hard ass. But he wasn’t crazy. He ran the mafia, for crying out loud. And my mom? She was elegant. Sophisticated. Revered.”The image of Adrian sucking on Murietta’s breast flashed through my mind. It was hard to imagine the woman Lucia was describing.Maybe they’d been normal once. Or MORE normal. But the only Demetrius and Murietta I knew were a few cookies short of a bak
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Awakening the Rejected Queen Chapter 227: The First Shift
Eden’s POVI was nervous. Zara was excited. She paced around, eager to be let out for the first time. We were standing at the tree line, with the ocean to our left. The plan was to shift and then let our wolves run through the palm trees and along the beach. They could even go for a quick swim if they wanted. “This won’t affect the baby, though, right?” I asked.Lucia chuckled. “Of course not. Do you think you’re the first werewolf to ever shift while pregnant?”I chuckled, too.We decided to take off our clothes so we didn’t wreck them. We were naked, wrapped in a towel. I felt a little shy being naked on the beach, but I knew shifting would ruin our clothes. I’d seen it happen a hundred times.“Okay, I’m ready. What do I do?” I asked.“Just do whatever feels natural,” she said. “It’s different for everyone. It’s instinctual, though. So just follow your instincts.”I nodded. Then I took a deep breath and called Zara.I closed my eyes. A warmth rushed through me, not hot, just warm,
Awakening the Rejected Queen Chapter 228: She-Wolf Fight
Eden’s POVZara howled as the black wolf’s teeth bit through her flesh. She whipped her head, tossing the black wolf off her. Then she retreated backwards. Blood dripped down her neck, staining her beautiful white fur.Her pain was mine, and I felt the awful sting of the bite. Almost instantly, though, the pain dissipated and the wound began to heal. I knew that Zara was powerful and that, as a white wolf, she had extraordinary healing abilities. But I was shocked at how fast her wound closed. The black wolf lunged again, letting out a vicious growl. I didn’t understand. Neither did Zara. Why had the black wolf done that? Lucia was my friend. Wasn’t she? Why would her wolf bite mine?Zara was even more confused. It was her first time being let out, and this black wolf was the first one she’d ever seen. She wanted to play with the wolf, to roll around in the sand. Zara’s urge to run prickled through her. She wanted to stretch her legs. There was a primal urge in our wolves – a need t
Awakening the Rejected Queen Chapter 229: Lucia’s Mate
Eden’s POVLucia’s wolf knelt down onto its front paws. Zara turned to see the other black wolf that had just emerged from the tree line.“Mate?” Zara and I said in unison.What was Lucia’s wolf talking about? And who was this other wolf?Zara and I stood back and watched.Lucia’s wolf still had her head bent low. Her fur was dripping wet. The black wolf in the forest emerged slowly, cautiously, its eyes locked on Lucia’s wolf.Lucia’s wolf didn’t move. She only followed the other wolf with her eyes.I stared at the wolf from the forest through Zara’s eyes. I was suddenly overcome with a feeling of familiarity. Zara didn’t sense it though. However, when she sniffed the air, she cocked her head to the side.“I know this scent,” she said, confused.But how?I looked again. I didn’t recognize this wolf, although something told me that I should.“Mate,” Lucia’s wolf said again, with a low voice. I could see the look in her eyes. Whoever this wolf was, it was her mate all right.My mind re
Awakening the Rejected Queen Chapter 230: Lucinda’s Talons
Zane’s POV“NO!”I ran as fast as I could, with everything I had. My eyes stayed focused on the edge of the cliff. I had to get to the edge of the cliff before she got to me.Lucinda.The evil witch who had found me in Ciderhill. The devious woman who had tricked me, not once, but twice.The dirt kicked up under my feet as I ran. For a brief moment, she was shocked. She never, in a million years, thought I would do this – would jump off a cliff to my death. That brief moment was all I needed.I prayed it was enough time as I sprinted forward.I didn’t know how far down it was. Low clouds swirled around the edge. The wind still howled, even though the rain had lightened.It was a LONG way down. I knew that much. It would hurt. I also knew that. I was grateful that Slade was bound by a blue spell, so he couldn’t force himself to the surface and try to save me. I didn’t want to be saved.I wanted to die.It didn’t matter how much it hurt, tumbling down the cliff. I could break every bone
Awakening the Rejected Queen Chapter 231: Falling
Zane’s POVElation. Brief and short.I hurled myself off the edge of the cliff, and for a beat, I was flying. I outstretched my arms into the air, like I was taking a swan dive. I broke through the misty clouds and fell.I couldn’t see the bottom of the canyon. Lucinda was too late. She’d tried to catch me but she couldn’t. Slade howled, still bound by Lucinda’s blue spell.This is what it’s like to be a bird, I thought. The weightlessness. The rush of the wind. This is what it’s like to fly.But the moment was fleeting.Only seconds after I leapt from the edge of the cliff, I smashed into a rock.We hadn’t been able to see down the cliff from the top. But as I fell, I realized that the cliff face was not smooth. There were rocks, large ones, that jutted out from the surface.I hit the first one. My ribs broke from the impact.I began tumbling down the cliff side, hitting other rocks as I went.I lost track of how many times my body slammed into the side of the cliff. Nine? Ten?Each
Awakening the Rejected Queen Chapter 232: The Mysterious Savior
Zane’s POVSlade tried to open his eyes. He couldn’t. We were in a heap on the ground. A big, black, bloody heap. The fall must have been two hundred feet down. Maybe even more. I think I broke every bone in my body, including my skull.Somehow, against all odds, Slade had managed to break through…Wait a minute.No.Slade hadn’t broken through the spell. Lucinda had released it. Of course she had. She knew it was the only way I could survive the fall – if we shifted. Slade was strong. Wolves were much stronger than us in human form. Lucinda knew that. She released Slade.Lucinda wanted me alive.Was I, though? Alive?It seemed like I was, like we were.So. Much. Pain.It radiated through Slade. It was a pain like he’d never felt. He tried to start healing himself. But he didn’t even know where to start. It was too much. There were too many injuries.Slade couldn’t even move. We’d hit the ground with such force – it had basically shattered his body. He whined, a low, pitiful sound. He
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Awakening the Rejected Queen Chapter 404: Coronation Day
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