“No,” I say; I’m not sure what to do in this situation and I can feel my emotions getting the best of me. “Do you think it could be someone on the team?” “It could be,” he admits, but he doesn’t sound completely convinced. “I’ll call a team meeting in the morning and see if we can get to the botto
Carol’s POV “Coach, you can’t be serious!” Aiden says through his teeth as he paces back and forth around Coach Bower’s office. “Carol wouldn’t steal that money! You know she wouldn’t.” “The problem is, we don’t have proof that she didn’t,” Coach Bower said, folding his arms across his chest. I
He takes my chin between his fingers and tugs it down until I’m forced to release my bottom lip from between my teeth. Then he bends and takes my bottom lip between his teeth, chewing on it just as vigorously as I was chewing on it. I giggle as his tongue sweeps across my lip, and he kisses me dee
Carol’s POV “How is it possible that they already know about this?” I ask, my heart feeling heavy in my chest. Aiden takes my phone and rewatches the video; when the video ends, Aiden looks furious as he hands me back the phone. “I’m going to make some phone calls,” he mutters as he stands to
I nod my head and kiss him. “I know,” I whisper. “How’s your foot?” He hasn’t needed his crutches in the last couple of days and I’m not sure if that’s because of everything going on and he hasn’t thought about it, or if it was because his foot is feeling a lot better. Pretty soon, he won’t need
Carol’s POVI didn’t sleep at all during the night. Aiden seemed to be tossing and turning too for most of the night and I feel bad that this whole thing is causing him so much stress. He kept going on and on about, he was pretty certain that Katrina was the one behind all of this, but there wasn’t
“You should come with me,” he tells me suddenly as he pulls away to finish getting dressed.I narrow my eyes at him.“Do you think that’s wise?” I ask him. “I’m already public enemy number one.”He gave me a quizzical look before grabbing a shirt from his closet.“You are not,” he tells me. “It’s a
Carol’s POV“I don’t mean any disrespect, Mr. Cruz. But it seems all the evidence is pointing to Miss Miller. Isn’t it true that the money has been taken out with her identification?” Wendy asks.Aiden looks past the cameras and our eyes meet for the first time since the interview started. I feel a
I chuckled as I held back tears.“Sorry,” I murmured, trying to pull back, but she held me tighter.“I’ve missed you like crazy,” she breathed. “How’s life in the empire? I’ve been keeping tabs on you in the media. Seems you are kicking ass as the queen.”Since the inauguration ceremony last year, I
She flinched away for a moment, afraid that the darkness might hurt him, but I had faith that it wouldn’t because it was under her control now and the light in her wouldn’t be dim for the darkness.“It’s okay,” I assured her, bringing Caleb even closer into her view. She stared at him with admiratio
EpilogueAiden’s POV“She still won’t come out of her room?” Fiona asked, staring at the closed suite door with a frown. “It’s been a week since she killed her sister…”“She’s scared,” I told her, cradling Caleb in my arms. “Raelyn’s darkness is inside of her and she’s worried that she’s going to do
She was quiet for a moment while the Queen continued to bark orders in the background. The dark tendrils only seemed to grow more agitated with each passing moment.“Please, call the tendrils off and—”“I can’t,” she said quickly. “They don’t listen to me anymore… they listen to her more than they l
I wanted to believe that there was still good in Raelyn. That the darkness hadn’t taken over completely. I grabbed her arm, and I brought my gaze to meet hers; I wasn’t sure if my powers would work on her, but I had to try. I channeled her mind and when I found a connection, I realized it was weak,
Carol’s POVI used my powers to fight off the guards, using my mind manipulation to make them fight one another and using some of the spells I was taught to ward them off. I’ve practiced with mind manipulation a lot so I was able to do it quickly. I soon had some of them at least turning against the
“It’s not personal darling,” she said, waving off his concern. “It’s strictly business.”“Was any of it real?” He asked, shaking his head with disgust written all over his face. “Did you ever love me?”She let out a bitter laugh.“Love?” She scoffed. “Please… There’s no room for love when I have a n
My entire body went cold when I saw what they were running from. Clouds of darkness snaked through the ground, slithering like snakes. I could feel the cold darkness and the chilling aura that penetrated it.In the distance, I squinted at the figures standing in the center of the town.The Queen.St
Carol’s POV“You promised you’d help me buy a ring for Fiona,” Oliver said as he leaned against the doorframe of my suite. I had just finished changing Caleb’s dirty typer for the 5(th) time this hour when Oliver decided to bless me with his visit.Collectively, we’ve been in the Empire for 2 months