ALPHA ZADE I didn’t realize how serious Joel was when he said there were people ready to bring down that lab or asylum of whatever the fuck the place was. I’d taken the shower Jennifer suggested and when I came out, there was a fresh set of clothes on the bed for me. She had made lunch too, which
I always knew thinking and fighting for something will never go hand in hand. I never did that. It is among the things that having a mate has changed for me. Usually when I’m in a dangerous situation, I don’t think of all I have to lose. I just know I’m getting out of there and that is it. Thinkin
ALPHA ZADE The guns in my head are too slow in my head. They aren’t shooting the way I want and not as fast, not as ruthless either. No sooner than we got in when dozens and dozens of robot-like soldiers started running toward us, looking as unhinged as your usual hungry and angry wolves. The guy
ALPHA ZADE We’ve rounded the basement three to four times, always ending up where we started with no new answers. I can tell Joel is getting frustrated with everything that is going on. I couldn’t start to imagine the thoughts running through his mind. The uncertainty, the fear of never seeing hi
“Call for backup, I have a feeling we’ll need it.” I told him over my shoulder. I went back to tracing the walls, even if it looked stupid. “What? Now?” I nodded. “Yes. They should split into two and still keep position, but we need backup. He doesn’t question what I say and starts speaking to th
FEYRE I feel pain in every part of my body. That is the first thing I notice when I start to regain consciousness. There is a woman standing over me but I can’t see her through my blurry gaze. The pounding in the back of my head is back, and it is worse. I feel every slight movement I make there
I walk to the door of the tent, my forehead creasing in confusion when I see a couple of more tents like it all around. There has to be about five or six. A lot of them are open, letting you see the inside unlike the one I’m in. That already has my mind coming up with multiple different scenarios.
ALPHA ZADE Joel coughs loudly. I strain my eyes, trying to pinpoint where he is. The place is pitch black, even with my eyesight, I can barely make out anything except shadows. Shadows that I’m not sure are really there. I cough, clearing my throat from the dust that entered after the fall. “Wh
After everyone settled and the place regained a semblance of normalcy, we gathered in the living room to talk about pressing matters. Feyre said she wanted to know everything before tonight. That way, she wouldn’t feel like there is something she has to do in her life. She wants to start on a clean
ALPHA ZADE Everything feels different when the plane lands in the private hangar. Even the air felt different, free and fresh. Feyre slept the entire ride to the packhouse. I relished holding cradling her in my arms like a precious jewel. Which she is. Alpha Asher is already waiting for our arri
If someone told me this would be my life four or five months ago, I would take them to the doctor because something had to be wrong with them. We’re here now, and I don’t think I can ever be this happy in my life. “Perfect.” Zade repeats. He grips my chin and tips my head up until I’m looking at h
FEYRE The gentle rhythm of the heart monitor is the sound I wake up to. I look around the dim lit room, sighing in relief when I note that it is NOT a hospital room. I think everyone would understand if I never wanted to be in one ever again. Soft breathing from beside me makes me smile. I push
We both stare at the gun we hadn’t noticed in alpha Lucien’s hand and Zade sighs, then he stands up, letting my hand fall off his body. “He would choose to die a coward. It is all he has ever been.” He turns and walks out of the place. I followed him without a word. When we walk out, there are mor
FEYRE Losing consciousness has become a second skin to me. That is my first thought when I wake up and find myself looking up at the ceiling. I pick myself up from the ground, craning my neck from side to side until I release the cramp. The man is still lying face down on the mattress. He looks d
I knew it was a reach but he was already on a sloppy hill, and this is the one thing I have always wanted to know, if he was the one that killed her or not. It looked like suicide, people believed she had a reason to. But I knew she wouldn’t. She promised to stand by me and she wouldn’t have left w
“It can’t be cured because it is not a fucking illness. Your delusion though, I’m sure they have mental institutions like this for that.” “Don’t speak to me like that.” he growls, sounding enraged. It is the only real emotion I have seen him shown in a while. “I had this all mapped out for years.
ALPHA ZADE I blink my eyes open, hoping everything I’m thinking right now is nothing but my imagination, or at least, a bad dream. A terrible dream where my father has me and Feyre in a crazy lab bunker. It seems too real, the déjà vu hitting me among other things. This has felt like it has happe