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
Carol’s POV“I thought you would never get here. You were supposed to be here like 30 minutes ago,” Fiona says as she pulls me into her condo.Fiona only lives about 20 minutes away from Aiden’s house and I got here as soon as I could. The memory of my time with Aiden moments before I left his house
There is no doubt in my mind that I’m falling in love with Aiden. The thought terrifies and excites me all at the same time. But I also fear that he doesn’t feel the same for me; I was in love with Zach too at one point and that ended up biting me right in the ass. I was terrified that something lik
Carol’s POVFiona gasps from my drunken love confession on the phone and Aiden goes completely silent. The suspense is killing me, and I can practically hear my heart beating from how quiet it is. For a second, I think maybe the line got disconnected but when I glance at the screen, I see that the t
I feel sick to my stomach.Then again, it could be from the wine.He sighs when he sees me, and he sits on the couch beside me. His face hardens and I just want to burst into tears right in front of him. He runs his fingers down the side of my face, brushing strands of hair behind my ear.“Are you r
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