Storm POVI stand looking at Quinn, waiting for him to shift back and speak to me. I hold out the clothes that I brought for him."Please, Quinn," I beg, watching as he shifts back. He silently takes the clothes and gets dressed. He doesn't speak. He simply turns and begins to walk towards the palace."Quinn, I get I hurt you, but I couldn't say anything," I explain."You could!" He shouts before turning to look at me. "You had days to tell me.""I apologise; I didn't want to tell you until you were calm and had control of your magic," I explain, and he laughs."My magic is in control. My magic isn't the problem! It's my emotions, and you keeping it a secret who I really am doesn't help," he shouts, and I nod. "I would never do that to you," he whispers before walking back inside. I follow at a distance."Quinn, please, can we speak?" I ask, and he looks at me."Now you will speak?" he asks, and I stand confused. "Not last night, or yesterday, or when you found out. You will speak now
Quinn POVI leave the room and walk back to mine to finish packing. As I'm finishing up, the knock has me turning to stand. Aurelia stands by the door, looking at me.It's strange. I can't tell the difference between Elijah and Asher, except for the hair length. Yet, with Aurelia and Storm, I instantly know.Despite them being identical, I instantly know if it's Storm or not."Can I speak with you?" Aurelia asks as she steps into the room. Sighing, I nod. I watch as she takes a seat in the room, and I sit down, waiting for her to speak."I know it won't feel good to know she kept your life a secret, Quinn. Can I ask you something?" she says, and I look at her, waiting for her to ask me. "What if you were her?"Sitting, I look at her in confusion."What if you were Storm? She had come here, unable to control her magic, and then things got worse because the feelings of the mate bond caused more issues. All you wanted to do was protect her and give her time to get used to living in the p
Storm POVI wake up with my body hurting. Whatever I'm laid on is hard and cold. It feels like concrete. I fight to remember what happened; I was sure someone grabbed me, and something stabbed through my skin.Yet, now I'm wondering if I just passed out. Breathing in deeply, I try to sit up but find myself unable to. Opening my eyes, I glance around. I'm not on the floor; I'm on some sort of concrete altar.Pulling my hands, I find them strapped down, a needle in both of my arms. Panic floods through me as I see the blood slowly leaving my body. Screaming, I fight to break out of it and stop quickly. Closing my eyes I try and focus on Raven, if I can shift I can escape."Wolfsbane, the one thing that will always mute your wolf," the words make my head turn as I look at the woman."Who are you?" I don't recognise her at all."No one important. I'm here to help a greater cause, that's all." Her words are softly spoken, and I turn my head, trying to see around me. I stop when I see anoth
Quinn POVI'm anxious and annoyed with having to wait."It should be safe now," Grant says, but I don't reply. I hang up and leave the room. I see the guards and soldiers still in the main room with the kings.Slipping past it, I went to the room that Grant had said. As I step in, I close the door and rush to the bookcase. I begin to feel along the woof for something, but there's nothing. There's no button anywhere.Panic builds that Grant lied, I don't get why he would be it feels like he did now. I stop when I feel a slightly raised bit pushing against it, I hear a clicking sound, and the bookcase comes away from the wall.I peer towards the doorway before stepping into the tunnel and closing the door. He said to stay to the right, only turn right. I begin to rush through it, and with each right turn, I become anxious. I feel like I'm going in circles until I see a door partly open.Rushing towards it, I swing it open and come into a dark brick room. My body stops when I see a coat
Storm POVI wake up hearing screaming, loud screaming. My eyes snap open, and I turn my head to see Quinn being dragged through."Quinn!" I shout and look at him; his eyes meet mine, and I stare at the marks across his body. "Why did you hurt him!" I ask, seeing Bailey and Grant."Punishment for not following orders," Grant shouts, and I watch them strap him down. My hope of escaping is quickly destroyed. I watch as they walk around the room and do things.None of us speaks. We just watch. They have all their blood and are honestly hoping that mine works. It's foolish, at least that is my hope.If it works, then what? I hate the thought of that. Quinn has kept his eyes on me the entire time, and it's comforting. I watch Bailey and Grant leave. Two guards sit in the corner of the room, watching TV."Are you okay?" Quinn whispers, and I nod."Weak, but okay," I say, and he nods. "How did they get you, Quinn?" I ask."I left to find you. No one would tell me how to get out, so I called G
Quinn POVI don't want to let go of Storm, but we have no choice right now. I leave her to release the guy. Rushing through, I begin unstrapping the woman from the concrete altar."I should put water on her," Storm rushes through."No! It will make her heavier if she shifts, not to mention harder to carry." The guy lifts her, and I rush to break into the next cell. The woman raises her head slightly."We need to pull them out of her wings," Storm explains. She's right, I reach for one, but she stops me."Shift back. The last thing we need is someone seeing a Fae and speaking. No one has seen them here since before I was born. Shift back, and I'll release her." Storm pushes me away.She's right. Us rushing past people won't raise questions, but me as a Fae? Yeah, she's right. I shift back and get dressed, watching as she struggles to pull the spikes out of the wings.Sighing, I rush and help her. The woman instantly falls to the floor."Carry her, Quinn. Let's get out of here before Ba
Xenia POVQuinn ran, which means we now have Quinn and Storm to find. I know he just wanted to be with Storm and find her, but he made things worse.We can't ignore him and not search for him. Not with the Queen of Fae here. It won't go down well if we say we're not searching for him. All I can do is hope that Quinn is with Storm. If not, I hope that Storm is just having time out, but even I know that isn't true.Storm's timeout doesn't last hours. She is usually back within an hour, and I know this isn't normal.I can't relax—not until I hear something. Storm leaving is nothing new, but it's been hours, and she isn't back, and no one has seen her. Darius and Kellan have sent soldiers out to search abandoned buildings.It means we've got maybe six guards here right now, which I'm fine with. They need them all to find Storm and Quinn. Maybe we should have let Quinn leave. Following him may have led us to where Storm was."Maybe I could help?" Aurelia looks at me."No, the last thing we
DariusI was worried for Xenia and Storm. Xenia's magic has been changing a lot, but she refused to let me take Storm inside. I watched the light build around her.When I reached out to touch her, I thought I could calm her, but my hand burned to the point where I had to stop. Kellan looked at me like he wanted me to stop her, but I couldn't.If I can't touch her, I can't stop whatever she is attempting to do. Xenia screams louder, and I watch as Storm gasps loudly. Everyone is watching, which isn't ideal.Xenia's face pales, and Kellan is quick to grab her as she passes out. Storm's eyes open, and she glances at us in confusion. She was dead. Everyone saw her. I glance around and see people with their phones out."Right, get Xenia in, Kellan," I shout, needing to get us off the streets. "Yori, get Bailey from the middle of the road, lock her up. Someone grab that woman. Let's get in," I explain and move to get Storm. Only Quinn is there before me. He lifts her and carries her back in