Carol’s POV“You were amazing!” Aiden praises as we get back to our hotel room.I can’t shake the feeling I felt when I locked eyes with Morgan before leaving the party. There was something in her gaze that made me feel a little uneasy, but I hadn’t mentioned that to Aiden just yet.I don’t want to
As I feel my body quivering and combusting around him, I scream out his name before his lips find mine once again. He presses his rock-hard body against my overly sensitive one. I don’t even realize his shirt was removed until my hands find his lower back and I trail down his body until I reach the
Carol’s POV“It’s good to have you back, Carol,” Mr. Whitlock says, giving me his award-winning smile as I walk into the locker room with Aiden on my tail. “And you too, Aiden. Are you well enough to start training again?”“Yes, sir,” Aiden says. He gives me a quick kiss before going toward his lock
“Yes, Coach!” Everyone chants.My cheeks flush at their sentimental words.“Championships are right around the corner, and we need to practice our asses off if we want a chance at winning. That means everybody needs to be on top of their game and on time to practice. Now that Aiden is back, we can p
Carol’s POVI wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it for myself.I stand, completely frozen, in the middle of the parking lot. Zach is standing nearby, watching me with a look I don’t recognize, but my entire stomach tightens, and it makes me feel sick.Memories of the last time I saw Zach in
“Come on baby,” Zach purrs, closing the gap between us before I can even blink. “Don’t be like that. Come home with me and let me show you how much I truly love you.”He places his hands on my face and, caresses my cheeks. I swat him away, feeling a wave of fury washing over me. I can’t believe he’s
Carol’s POVMy body is still shaking by the time we return to the stadium. Coach Bower watches me with a concerned look in his eyes when we approach.“Everything okay?” He asks.“Yeah,” Aiden says, holding me closer to him. “Just a run-in with her ex. We might have a problem with the media though.”
“I wanted a shower too. Figured we could kill two birds with one stone,” he says, nibbling on my earlobe as he spoke.I chuckle again and close my eyes as his hands run up and down my torso and then across my breasts. He takes the bar of soap off its stand and runs it along my skin, getting it all s
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