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
QuinnI step into the cells and see Bailey straight away. She looks up and sighs."Whatever you want from me, Quinn, won't happen," her words are cold, and I sit outside her cell."Quinn?" I ask, and she nods. "I'm not Quinn, though, am I?""I needed you to be!" She shouts and stands up. "What do you want?""I want to know why you took me. How did you manage to take me?""We had a warlock working with us," she says before sitting again. "He was good with teleportation. He teleported himself into the Fae Palace, grabbed you and teleported you back to us.""Why?" I ask."Because warlocks and witches are weak. They are dying off, and someone needs to help them." Her words are flat, and I know she's lying."You're not even trying to be honest," I say, and she nods. "Why me and the others?" I ask."We knew that darkened wolves were created using Xenia's wolf's blood. If the strongest werewolf helped with that, what was to say the royal Fae, Bears, Dragons and the rest weren't the key to un
StormI'm not sure how long I've sat on this bed waiting, and nothing has happened. I want to see Quinn. He shouldn't have gone to speak to Bailey alone."You're fine to leave," the doctor smiles at me, and I jump up."Storm," my dad looks at me. "He needs to decide today whether to stay or leave. We're expecting the others to come as well now that we've found them."I nod at his words and leave. As I go through, I see Quinn walking towards my room."Quinn," I call out and rush to catch up. He stops by my door and looks at me. His eyes delve through my body, and I shake. He leans down, his hand wrapping around the back of my neck as he kisses me.I go to speak, and he pushes me into the room, closing the door behind us. His hand comes up, brushing the hair away from my neck. His lips touch against my neck slowly as his hands pull the clothes from my body.He turns and pins me against the door with his body. His nostrils flared, and heat burned through me, caused simply by the look in
DariusI had no choice but to leave Xenia, and Kellan agreed to watch over her. I've made a news appearance and explained what has happened in a few details.The Merfolk, Bears and Dragons should be arriving soon, and I have had that tunnel sealed up entirely. No more opening it with magic. It's gone. The last tunnel is now closed."William, get the kids for me, please," I ask. He nods and goes to leave but then stops."What if Quinn, sorry, Orion, refuses to let her come alone?" He looks at me and waits."Then let him come," I smile and watch as he walks out. A minute later, the door opens, and I watch Kellan walk in. "Why are you here? You're meant to be watching Xenia.""Calm down. Sage and Lyra are there, May is also finishing up and joining. This is going to cause a war, so I need to be here," he sits next to me on the small sofa.He's not wrong, this is going to cause issues. I watch the door open, and they walk in. Of course, Orion is with Storm."What's going on, Dad?" Asher l
StormI've been summoned. Apparently, Orion and I were going to be in the room with each family as we were there in the lab. I'm not sure what I can offer that they don't already know. Orion is looking anxious, but I've explained that it won't just be him. Princess Zyra, Seraphine, and Prince Arktos will be here.They did join us a few moments ago, easing some of Orion's worries, but it didn't eradicate all of them.Everyone expects one of the families to blame us and say we were part of it, which is crazy. Orion's hand is settled on my leg, and I try to keep myself calm, but in reality, I should be freaking out.The Bears are stronger than werewolves. We would need at least four werewolves to fight one bear. I'm not sure how many it would take to stop a royal one. Royal families are always the strongest bloodlines.I watch as the door opens, and William walks in."King Thorben and Queen Mishka," William speaks and moves out of the way. We stand and welcome them in. I see a younger wo