Mooncrest was mine. "Yes," I hissed. I was the heir. I was alpha. There was no one who could take that from me. Not Eason, not Sean or Esme. If I killed the entire Senate, would they be able to do anything? If I wasn't running Wolfe Medical, there would be no other company capable of saving them
Grace I shuddered. I could almost feel my bones aching the way they had then. My gut churned. My hands shook. I felt every bit of weakness that I had then. "I was so sick. I thought I was going to die. Eason... Eason was there." Had he already been managing Mooncrest, then? Before I had even p
A hush fell over the room. Esme's words hung in the air, heavy with truth and accusation. My chest filled with a flicker of hope. "And how do you plan to ignore the fact that Eason Wolfe left his post." Esme shook her head. "It was a post he was able to fill, not required. Eason Wolfe is not and
Grace "I just--" "Did we not go over keeping you calm?" Esme hissed. "Didn't we talk about not acting like you had a hair trigger?" "He was twisting my words! I had to say something." She stared at me. "What did I tell you about redirection?" I blinked at her and winced as it came back to
I bit my lip as a spike of fear went through me. Had he stormed off to that vampire's coven? Was George still watching my kids? Or had he stormed off to Northfall or some other place I had no hope of finding him at? Panic threatened to claw its way up my throat, fueled by the uncertainty. What if
Charles and Elara settled into the chairs across from me, their contrasting auras filling the cramped office. Charles, radiating regal authority, and Elara, cloaked in an air of quiet power. Her gaze swept over me. The distaste was still there at the corner of her eyes, but it didn't feel blatant.
I set my jaw. "I can't believe that every witch bows down to the Noir Coven. There has to be other covens that will do the work." "Oh, I'm sure you could find someone who could do it," she said. "If you knew them, they were willing, and if you didn't already have a Noir Coven-based system in place
Charles As Elara and I stepped out of the cramped office, I released a pent-up breath. "That certainly went much worse than you hoped," Elara said, looking up at me. My heart clenched a little, seeing her face. The shimmer of the privacy barrier wrapped around us. I braced myself for what she wo