EstrellaI yank against Anwen’s grip, ignoring the way my wolf howls for more. “Unhand me!”He looks at me with those icy blue eyes, then turns to Tess. “I must insist you give us a moment alone.”My face burns. How dare he talk to her like I’m not here? I am Luna Queen of Sundrop Gem! I turn to Tes
And if I allow it, this will end. Whatever spell exists between us will shatter, and we’ll be forced to face what’s happening. That is the one thing I can’t control.I unwind my leg and yank him back by his hair. He licks his glimmering lips salaciously.“Not satisfied?” He smirks. “I usually get be
Anwen“…So I haven’t discovered anything solid, but we’re making progress,” I report to Kieran the day after my failed lunch with Estrella. Raven sits next to him, nodding.He taps on the arm of his desk chair. “All right. Would—”‘Got him!’ Baz roars to all of us.‘Finally,’ I reply.‘How close are
“Do you have a name?”Cristofer closes his eyes as if wincing very slowly.“I’d say I do.” He snickers. “First interrogation, pretty boy?”Yet another answer he doesn’t need. I channel the snippets of Kieran’s lessons from Father I overheard and grab the back of the chair he’s chained to, tilting it
Birsha rocks in his restraints. “Let me go. I’ll tell you everything if you let me go.”“Tell me how you did it.” I squeeze another drop onto his arm.“Silver arrow!” Birsha screams as his skin melts. After a few breaths, he continues. “I’ve always been a crack shot, and the balcony was a dream. Ple
EstrellaThud.I sit up in bed, clutching the blankets to my chest. My heart races. Someone is attempting to break into my room.The noise comes again, but this time, without the muffling of sleep, it sounds far more like a knock. I swallow.Silly, I chide myself. Even in a serpent’s nest, paranoia
Wolfsbane.I jerk my head up to look at Anwen. He is studying his own, unmarred wrist. The pain starts to recede as the firelight grows brighter, and warmth fills me. It feels like—The light catches on a damp patch on his leather sleeve, and the warmth flowing through my body instantly fades from m
AnwenI stare at Estrella for a long moment, my blood boiling in my veins. She doesn’t flinch, doesn’t release the door.“If you’re not careful, you’re going to end up your father’s daughter.” I storm out and slam the door behind me.Does she think I’m fucking stupid? Wolfsbane isn’t a mystery to me
She groans. “I really think that might count as two parties.”With a laugh, I let them lead me out of my new bedroom in my new home and down to the temple to start the rest of my life. Ingrid, Estrella, and Raven leave to join the crowd, but Eva stays with me. According to Snowcrest tradition, she w
CandaceI drag a comb through my thin hair and stare at myself in the mirror on my vanity. More accurately, the new mirror on my new vanity. Hollis and I had to exchange one more goodbye because I had to return to Dun’s Crossing long enough to pack up my life. Some things weren’t worth the trouble o
I press my mouth to hers, mapping the curve of her smile with my tongue. She laughs up into me, breathless with relief. I trace the fullness of her cheek, the slope of her neck. She nips my lower lip. I climb into the bed with her, careful of her many injuries. Someday, we’ll talk about her mother,
Hollis‘Got some more over here,’ Zain calls through the mind-link.I drag the heavy cart across the red-mottled snow toward my Beta. My muscles burn with exertion, but I’m not stopping until this whole battlefield is clear. I won’t let a wolf suffer longer than they have to.Zain nudges ice off a h
“No!” Nessa shrieks. “I warned you about this, about her. She’s twisting your mind.”Eva laughs in her face. “She’s twisting things?”Nessa darts to Soren’s side and grabs his arm. “We can’t stop. Rowena said there would be hell to pay if—”Hollis gestures sharply with the arm I’m not holding onto.
CandaceMy heart hammers in my throat. Our weapons shine dully in the snow, Hollis’s sword dwarfing my dagger. Eva drags her gaze from them up to our clasped hands. My other arm throbs, a reminder that I don’t think I could fight her off if I wanted to.She adjusts her grasp on her knife to a stabbi
Eva scoffs and smashes the hilt of her knife into my fingers around her arm. “When have we ever had trouble talking to each other?”“Exactly.” My fingers throb as I wrap them around my sword. “That’s why it was so hard.”“Bullshit!” Her voice cracks. “Just tell me. Four little words. I found my mate
HollisAt the same moment as I reach the wide ring of defenders and ranged fighters encircling the heart of the battle, Candace limps to a stop at my side. Blood stains her gray coat in a dozen places, and my heart leaps into my throat. I meet her huge, dark eyes. She melts into a human before me. H
There. The break I need. ‘Gavin wouldn’t let you lead, would he?’The shield flickers for a moment, and I crash through it. Sweet air courses into my lungs. I can’t waste the moment, so I charge at her blindly.‘I kept him as my figurehead,’ she howls. ‘I did not need his permission to act. I needed