VioletI drew up short and looked at Theo. His eyes were watchful and kind. He seemed intrigued, but there was no mistaking the heat in his gaze either, the interest. The anger started to pull back. The red haze started to clear, and I turned my gaze on Lucas slowly. The red light in his eyes vanish
The ring was beautiful, to my taste, and clearly custom. He had to have been preparing to make this move for a while. Every instinct I had said I was right about this.Theodore sipped his wine, watching me with desire in his eyes, like he wanted to rip my dress off and fuck me right over the table,
VioletI waited for him to respond or protest, but he stared back at me without saying a word.“More fires to put out?” his tone was wry, but I nodded.“It shouldn’t take me long. Give me two days.”“One.”I glowered at Theodore, and he grinned. “You like rushing me?”“Maybe I don’t want to miss you
" you know what happened, or lease I think you have a good idea of what Lucas has done. I've been marked--""What? That son of a --""And he's made it clear that he plans to take Darkmoon from me.""Are you sure--""Lily," I laughed, unable to help myself as I made it to our bedroom. I dragged out m
VioletHis howl was clear despite the growing storm, but I couldn't tell how far away he was. The world was starting to fade around me, yet I had never been more certain that I would be fine than I felt right then. I looked back toward the Donovan house and saw the Twining River wolves getting close
I woke up on a couch in a room I didn't recognize. My shoulder throbbed with pain; it was bandaged, and I was in clean, dry clothes. There was a document on the table and a single pen."How are you feeling?" I looked over at Theodore standing in the doorway.I struggled to sit up and nodded. "I'm fi
Violet"What the hell?" I almost yelled, backpedaling and slamming the door shut.I stared at the door for a moment, trying to process what I had just seen. My pulse was pounding, and I could still hear the echoes of her cries in my head. The image of Theodore fucking some random woman wouldn't leav
"I wouldn't mind--"I pushed him off. "I'm sure you wouldn't, but I do. Keep your distance, Theodore. I know what kind of man you are, and I'm not interested."He laughed. "You think you have me all figured out already, Violet?"I gestured toward the stairs. "You've made it pretty clear."Something
Theodore’s POVIn one breath, the love of my life laying still in the grass let out a gut-wrenching scream and the High Priestess dropped to her knees. I lunged for my wife but was thrown back by an invisible force. When I pulled myself upright, the High Priestess had a hand outstretched, clearly us
Auntie folded her hands in front of her. “Altrosis is an attempt to control magic enough to pin it down and examine it. One could more easily pin down the wind.”As if to illustrate her point, a cool breeze swept through the clearing, though not a hair on Auntie’s head swayed in its drift.“Magic is
Violet’s POVThe jungle outside the village my family lived in was beautiful. It was lush and alive, humming with magic like the air itself was breathing. I had only visited this village and its surrounding area a few times in my life, but I’d always made time to come stand among the ferns and frond
By the Goddess, Violet had been right to send me down here. When we pulled out of the hug, she cupped my face in her hands, worry clouding her eyes. “Are you safe, boy?”My brows furrowed in confusion. She sighed and let go of my face.“I’m sorry, I’ve just always worried for you so, especially aft
Theodore’s POVIt felt wrong walking away from Violet when we had so little time together as it was. But she did need to rest. And she had made a good point about whoever knew my mom possibly having answers we needed.Marcy led me to the front porch and the woman who waited there. “If you’d like to
Theodore’s POVMy chest constricted at Marcy’s words and at the sympathy in her eyes that I hadn’t seen before this moment. Someone who knew my mother…My stomach churned with emotions: the pain of my mother’s loss, the joy in possibly finding out more about her, and the fear of Violet’s and my futu
Auntie studied me for a moment. “Are you sure you haven’t used magic before that?”The memory of my father appearing before me in the courtroom, and then again yesterday at the feast, popped into my mind. Perhaps that was part of my magic, but even that was still no more than six weeks ago. “Definit
Violet’s POVThe pride I felt from being able to control my magic, even briefly, quickly vanished as my stomach sank at Auntie’s words. She knew I had magic.“So it’s my magic and not the baby’s?”Still as a serene lake instead of the turbulent ocean I felt rocking inside me, Auntie shrugged slightl
Theodore’s POVI held Violet’s hair back as she retched into the toilet of Marcy’s bathroom. We couldn’t blame the wine since Violet obviously hadn’t had any, nor the food that hadn’t made anyone else sick. No, this was caused by something I couldn’t help but feel a little responsible for.I rubbed