Zade. I turn quickly, clamping my mouth shut and spilling coffee on my legs. I curse internally, biting back a yelp as I make to rush into my room. I barely have one foot across the threshold when the other door snaps open. Sparks course through me as he grabs me by my wrist, spinning me around an
VALERIE. My heart thunders as I look around the apartment. Did the generator’s fuse blow? I have half an urge to open the door and to look down below to see if someone’s going to do something about it, but not after what just happened with Zade. I look around. Flashes of the night when I was atta
Did I lock it? I can’t remember, but I’m sure I did. Urgh! Sleep is still weighing me down, but I need to check the door… I touch my forehead, about to get out of bed, when suddenly someone jumps from the shadows of the room and slams me back onto the bed. I open my mouth to scream, but he clamp
A jolt of pleasure rushes through me as he runs the cold barrel of the gun along my inner thigh. There’s something wrong with me… I see his nostrils flare slightly as he looks at the deep scratches on my thighs where the attacker had grabbed me while trying to part my legs. My heart thunders as he
VALERIE. I gasp, jolting upright, my entire body drenched in sweat. My heart is palpitating wildly, and I press my fist against my chest as I scan the room once again. I’m safe. I’m alone. I’m alive… But those words aren’t calming the anxiousness inside of me. I get out of bed, last night replayi
We remain like that for several moments before he reaches behind me and switches off the ice-cold water. He pulls away, tugging free from my hold on his hoodie, clearly proof that he was allowing me to hold him like that and he grabs a towel. My heart pounds as his eyes rake over my body, making g
ZADE. It’s the middle of the night and despite the stuffy weather that would never usually bother me, tonight I am unable to fall asleep… Not that I sleep easily, anyway. The ghosts of the past do not let you sleep, the skeletons in the closets are always near, ready to reveal themselves and righ
‘A true Alpha questions all because he is born to be in charge… even if it means disobeying your superiors…’ That’s what he once said with pride. I didn’t kill Zaia Toussaint when she was pregnant, although I had found a chance, I hesitated. I couldn’t kill two innocents in the process… even if the