Aiden’s POV I wasted no time; I ran back inside with all my speed, bursting through the stadium doors and running down the steps and towards the rink, taking the steps two at a time. Coach was getting the team ready for the second half of the game, and I could see that his eyes were flashing wildl
Pain shot through my head for the second time this evening and I winced as I moved my neck. I was starting to come through; I was being pulled out of the darkness and brought back to reality. Unfortunately for me, that included a lot of pain. I opened my eyes and saw that I was in some kind of jai
Carol’s POV My heart thrummed against my chest at a rapid speed as I stared at the last woman I expected to see in front of me. I couldn’t believe my eyes and fear consumed me as I stared up at her smiling and aged face. Morgan Laveau stepped toward the cell, her hands behind her back as she exa
“I see the wheels are turning,” Megan said with a laugh. “Where do you fit into all of this?” I asked her, not sure I wanted to know the answer, but needed to. “I am the handmaiden of Elizabeth Amyran, of the powerful Amyran family, daughter of the Amyrran priestess. Upon hearing about the proph
Aiden’s POV Her trail went cold again. We had been out here for hours. We were about an hour away from the stadium. Her scent was everywhere for a while, but it gradually started to go away. Oliver had arrived 20 minutes ago with the werewolf police; they joined me in the search, picking up any cl
…. Carol’s POV Water soaked me and I coughed as it entered my mouth and went down my throat before I could stop it. My eyes flew open, and I saw one of the goons who took me standing in front of me with a bucket of water, laughing like it was the funniest thing in the world. I was freezing bec
Carol’s POV I stared at him, shocked. The man who shot him also looked shocked. Realizing that they were distracted, and nobody was holding me, I turned and started to run as fast as I could down the hallway, which wasn’t very fast considering I was still so weak. Then I heard the clicking of a
I needed to get back to Aiden. …. Aiden’s POV “Maybe we should go back and start from the beginning,” Oliver suggested. We were back in our human forms, and we’d been aimlessly wandering the forest for hours. It was the middle of the night, and I knew most were tired from their long search
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