There were no other couples amongst the slaves. Most of them barely looked like friends. Even though they were all going through this together, they didn't seem to even talk to each other. Jackson and I were definitely the closest among the slaves, and I think that's what caused them to stare at us
I knew that I was playing a dangerous game. Any of these slaves could go to the King if they were truly scared. But I needed to do something. And I was sure that some of these slaves still had some fight left in them. We just needed to find the right ones. And we needed to give them something to fig
I took the trays down to the cell and I pulled in a stool that was just outside that room so that I could stand on it. It was the stool that the night guard would sit on while he was on duty to make sure that we didn't try to break out. And I balanced the trays on two beams that were close together
As I was sitting there staring at this haggard old man who was dirty and starving and looked like he had been worked to the bone for the last 20 years, I couldn't imagine how he used to be the King. "What the hell?" I was shocked. "I know. I wasn't expecting to find him alive either. But he's bee
I knew that it really hurt Jackson having to do that to Jeremiah, but I told him to. It was my responsibility. If he didn't do something drastic like that to prove himself to Lilith, then she wouldn't have made him her second in command. And it wasn't for nothing. We did learn things about Lilith's
The following morning when I left the cell I knew that I had a mission now. I needed to find a way to get my powers back and get the hell out of this land. I needed to find out how he was taking people's powers and get mine back. Wyatt was depending on me. Jackson hated what I was doing inside the
"Don't underestimate me." I say. "That's exactly what I told him." Lilith said, walking into the room. "Well, isn't this a nice surprise? Lovebirds reunited. I thought you'd be happy, Matthew." I say. And he looked at me really strangely when he realized that I knew his name. "What the hell do
Jackson and I knew that our lives were going to be so much harder here, now that he knew Jackson was the Alpha and I was his Luna. Why the hell would I think Lilith would just dump us here and then that would be it? I wished that she would forget about us. That she would just accept that we were goi