Violet’s POVFor the first time in my life, I’m frozen in fear.I’ve always been adaptable, an expert even in navigating change. It’s a part of life no one can avoid, so I learned very young that the quickest path forward was to accept change. In the werewolf world, dwelling on the reality before a
Theo soothed small circles over my back. “Well, at least one of you has magic because…”…this is the bond, right? He finished in my mind.Still a little uncomfortable with the bond I somehow created, I only nodded my head instead of responding in his. I clenched his shirt in my hands at another wave
Theodore’s POVI’m not leaving until I know you’re safe.Violet’s voice in my head kept me calm as I hid the sound of her door closing with the opening of the one in my hand.Keep your eyes peeled back there. There could be more of them out back.The door swung open before me, and my Beta came into
Theodore’s POVI spoke my next words slowly and with so much eye contact that I hoped Dahlia couldn’t miss the lie in them.“Of course Eva is my mate. Who else would be?”Eva’s eyes landed back to the spell on the table.“Besides, if she weren’t my mate, that would mean someone were scheming against
Theodore’s POVMy heart leapt at the thought of it: learning about my mother’s culture and my magic, taking a trip with my mate who I missed, going somewhere we wouldn’t have to hide that we were still together.Maybe they could even help figure out if it’s you or the baby who has magic, I added.Ex
I couldn’t agree more, though not in the way she meant it.“I know we’re mates, but we’re not married. Maybe Midnight will be more likely to accept me as their new Luna if we throw a big party to celebrate our bond. And, of course, a private honeymoon after.”She raked me over with a gaze that sent
Violet’s POVWe may need to get divorced. They certainly hadn’t been the words I had anticipated when Theo and I had checked back in via the magical bond.I was immensely grateful to Auntie for finding the spell to connect Theo and I mind to mind. It would have been too difficult to continue workin
Violet’s POVI couldn’t help but stare as I entered the ostentatiously decorated mansion in the Dawnbreak territory with Kincaid just a couple steps behind me. Our hosts had clearly spared no expense when preparing for the Annual Moon Goddess Ball.It was our country’s most sacred gathering, intende
Violet’s POVPart of me wondered it not worrying Theo was an excuse. If the years with Lucas not being the partner I needed had subconsciously trained me to stay independent. To never lean on anyone, even temporarily, because they couldn’t be trusted to hold me up. Even still, Theo was right. So I
We pulled out of our kiss, my head dizzy with love and hope. We would find the answers we needed. We would find a future together.“You said there were answers to four questions.” I looked between the two of them, tallying the three they’d already shared. “What’s the fourth?”Violet thought for a mo
Theodore’s POV“Alari, please wake up!”I held Violet’s head in my lap, her jaw terrifyingly slack. I dared a glance at the High Priestess who had collapsed in a heap at the same time that Violet’s body had gone completely limp. “High Priestess?!”This wasn’t happening.I reached for my phone, thank
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