[Denali’s POV] I stare at my mother, trying to make sense of what she is saying. Was that the reason that I was here? Because I used the command already? “So there is no going back for me,” I say quietly. “I truly died.” “No,” my mother counters. “You aren’t.” “But I used the command.” “You cou
[Elise’s POV]Blood. All I can see and taste is blood—the blood of the man that I truly loved with everything I had. However, he never loved me. I was a fucking fool to believe that he actually cared, and as I continue to rip him apart, everyone who used me and abused me flashes through my mind, fro
[Denalia’s POV]“Take me to prison.”Elise’s words reach me through the chaos that has begun to erupt around me, and when I snap my gaze in her direction, I watch one of the police officers place cuffs around her wrists.“No!” I gasp, attempting to get up only to fall. “Wait.”“What’s wrong with you
“What does that mean, doc?” I ask quietly, though I have an idea.“You’ll be lucky if you’re ever able to walk again,” he admits. “We will of course work with you by providing physical therapy, but I can’t say that it will do any good.”Nodding, I process his words as my heart sinks. There was a cha
[Rosco’s POV]I keep my gaze fixed on Denali as she processes what I’ve just told her, and when a sense of wonder crosses her features, it feels like a weight is lifted from my shoulders. Great; she didn’t think that I was crazy or a stalker.“All these years,” she murmurs, lifting her large blue ga
“You will return to America under my care, and you will be placed in the cells of Emerald Moon, where you will be rehabilitated. You will undergo training in my special forces, and you will go to therapy to work on your issues. If you so much as step out of line, I will kill you.”Growing quiet, I w
[Denali’s POV]I sit alone on the balcony attached to mine and Rosco’s room, taking in the grounds of Emerald Moon. If you asked me a few months ago if I thought I would be where I was, my answer would most certainly be no. However, here I sat as the new leader of this place while my father and Beat
Nine Months LaterA blood moon rises on the horizon, painting the ground with a bloody glow as it creeps closer and closer to the grounds of Emerald Moon, where a woman is beginning to feel the signs of labor.The packhouse comes alive in preparation for the arrival of an heir, while a group of cloa