“Don't ever ask something like that of me again,” Biel said angrily.“I'm not asking you something outlandish—”Biel didn't even let me finish; he grabbed my shoulders harder and brought his face closer to mine angrily.“I'm not going to kill you, Nadine, understand that. I'm loyal to the world, min
NadineI shook my head in disbelief.“It's impossible,” I said firmly. “The gods are not so benevolent.”“The gods are fair, Nadine,” Drago said, and I scoffed.“Fairness is something the gods don't know, Drago; I'm surprised that you, being a millennial being, don't know how to understand it. If th
“That will be great,” Lion said and left happily.I looked at him suspiciously and then looked at Drago.“He thinks this is an adventure from an old bard's book?” I asked with a frown, and Drago burst out laughing.“Something like that; he was always an adventurer, but he ended up becoming a priest
I nodded, and Lion walked over.“Well, since you're all here, I think it would be good to move the conversation forward,” the high priest said. “I'm afraid I don't have very pleasant news.”“What do you mean?” I asked. “No one knows where we are.”“And so, it remains; however, I was sent a vision by
NadineConnor saw me in surprise and tried to touch the shadows, but they vanished, and he fell carefully into the snow.“It worked,” Connor said and smiled at Aris.Then I looked at him with my mouth open.“Are you guys’ assholes?” I asked annoyed, and Drago laughed.“I think the correct definition
“What's going on, Nadine?” asked Connor.“I think Becca has helped me understand the power I have,” I said and closed my eyes tightly.I channeled the frustration I felt at not being able to kill the anarchists and then spoke to the shadows.You must follow my voice; from now on, you follow my order
Little did I know that the adventure would begin the next day, so I closed my eyes and focused on Connor's tanto. However, when his hands left my leathery hair and went to my shoulders, I opened my eyes.Aris was watching Connor's hands roam over my skin.The vampire's pupils were dilated, and I cou
NadineI woke up with pain in my body and with the desire to hit all my mates.Only bloodthirsty ones made me train the day before leaving, so I cursed through my teeth as we gathered the necessary things, we would take with us. Worst of all, I had my period and the pains were becoming a pain in my
“That's not the topic of conversation here; no matter what you guys think, the truth is simple, and even if you don't like it, we won, so Nadine is going to give me her damn powers,” Hakan said.The shapeshifters dragged a human woman who was pure bones.The woman didn't seem to be fully aware of wh
DragoWhen I saw Hakan's surprised reaction, I knew I had bought time for us.I was badly hurt, but I didn't let them play with my head.I had millennia of practice resisting torture, so I knew very well what I was doing. Biel coughed in pain, but I could see his look of recognition. He nodded subtl
Hakan laughed in amusement.“She's going to burn forever when I steal the gods' powers and assassinate them,” Hakan said. “She'll understand why being a god's whore is inconvenient.”“My parents were mates,” I said angrily, and Hakan raised his eyebrows.“You consider the god of chaos your father?”
Nadine“You don't have to do this if you want me to collaborate,” I said immediately, and Hakan raised his eyebrows.“Say no more, Nadine,” Biel said, and Hakan looked at Aria.Aria pulled Elle's blonde hair hard, and my friend cried out in pain.I noticed that her hair was dirty and had dried blood
“Impossible,” Biel said. “The shields were extinguished by the war.”“That's false,” Hakan said. “My maternal family is descended from a very strong lineage of Shields. It was decided to keep the secret for generations to preserve our existence because the Temple ordered our death. Nadia did not kno
I shook my head; my mother had never told me any of that. On the contrary, she spoke highly of my grandmother.“I don't believe that,” I said doubtfully.“Whether you believe me or not is your business, but that's not going to stop me from telling you what I lived through and witnessed,” Hakan said
NadineSeeing Lion's body on the ground brought back bad memories.I couldn't help but watch as a large pool of blood formed around him. I didn't know what kind of spell it was, but I knew very well that even though Lion had died, his blood was still flowing out of his orifices like water flowing in
I realized that all my mates were conveying calm and restraint.“We have to see what the anarchists want,” Biel said earnestly.“Death would be somewhat benevolent of their true intentions,” I replied sincerely.At that moment the time loop ceased, and the man who had trapped us in it was dressed di
NadineDrago's words gave me chills.Aris couldn't get into Drago's mind, and when I saw his stern expression, I knew things were going to get complicated. My dragon was telling the truth, and that was terrible on misunderstood levels.Drago vomited again and threw up everything in his stomach.“Nac