Charles The air crackled with the raw power of the spell. The gun he held clattered to the ground. His body collapsed like a marionette with cut strings, twitching every so often. Blood splashed and spurted out from his neck, covering Cecil as she fell to the ground with a soft sob. The scent of b
Dead. I turned my thoughts away from the coup and back to the present. I looked over at Cecil. Alpha Shadow. Devin's debts. Sean Caldwell. The states. The war. Astarte… There were connections I was missing. Simple answers that might make things clearer, but I couldn't figure them out right now
Grace Consciousness bled back slowly, like dawn filtering through the dense canopy of a forest. Sounds, muted and blurry at first, sharpened into the rhythmic whir of helicopter blades and the sharp barks of Enforcers. My vision, blurred by sleep and a grogginess I couldn’t explain, gradually focu
“That’s bullshit!” “Read the treaty a bit more closely,” Charles said airly and turned to an Enforcer. “Do you have an update? “Headless Nick’s name is Weiss Torrent; I know and associate with the previous WSU leader and a well-known werewolf supremacist. We found plans on the body regarding Alp
Grace My blood ran cold. "What do you mean?" “The man I killed, the one we’re saying is Alpha Shadow, isn’t.” He paused. “Well---” “Is this some sort of joke?” I growled. “It’s not funny.” There was no way that Eason would make me lie in front of the constituents. There was no way that we'd
“Now, I have to ask,” I said, looking at him. “Were you a part of the plan?” He let out a deep sigh, rubbing his head. “For the love of the moon, Grace, listen to yourself.” “Listen to myself? You’re the one protecting a terrorist!” I narrowed my eyes. “You’re the one lying. Betraying me just li
Charles I could taste her frustration in the air. The scent of it was almost enough to choke me. Her eyes were filled with a hopeless panic. Then, her eyes narrowed at me. “Alpha Shadow is a woman, isn’t she?” I met her gaze, searching her face and knowing where she was going with this. I was al
She hissed, her eyes flashed as she got in my face and snarled. “Don’t talk about my family!” “Then think about them,” I said calmly, searching her face. “You fail this Senate thing, you back out, and there will be another attack on Mooncrest, guaranteed.” “And you’d just let it happen, wouldn’t