He grabbed my hands, drawing my attention back to him. When I looked into his eyes, I saw the love and admiration hidden in his gaze. “You are the most extraordinary person I’ve ever met,” he told me with such honesty that my heart swelled. “I always knew you were special, even before I realized
Carol’s POV Aiden pulled out his phone immediately after I told him it was Morgan who had me kidnapped. I wasn’t sure what he was doing or who he was calling, but my heart thudded against my chest wildly with fear as he pressed the phone to his cheek. “Oliver,” he greeted into the phone. “I need
The thought of staying here for another night didn’t sit right with me; I just wanted to go home and sleep in a comfortable bed. But I knew there was no use in arguing so I sighed and thanked him. I thought Aiden would have left at some point, but he didn’t. He stayed with me for the entire night;
Carol’s POV Poisoned? I gasped at Aiden’s words. He held his phone tightly in his grip, staring at the blank screen longer after his conversation ended. “I don’t understand,” I finally said after a long silence. “Who would want to poison your father?” “A lethal amount of wolfsbane was in hi
They had gone quiet. “What about your job?” My mother asked. “And your apartment?” My father added. “For right now, all that’s important is standing by Aiden’s side,” I told them honestly. “Everything else is just details that I will just figure out later.” “You are right, it’s important to
Carol’s POV As soon as we landed, Aiden called his mother to check on his father’s condition. He was out of surgery, and it went well, but they are still monitoring him. His recovery is up in the air until he wakes up. Since he’s freshly out of surgery, they aren’t allowing any visitors right no
He started kissing my inner thighs and a moan of pleasure escaped my lips as he gripped my hips. “So beautiful,” he murmured just as I felt his tongue enter my core. He slid his tongue through my slits, and I gasped when he ran circles around my clit. I threw my head back and moaned out his name
Carol’s POV We quickly dressed while the knocking continued and once we were settled, we walked into the living room. Aiden went to the front door, and Oliver stood on the other side when he pulled it open. He looked a bit flustered, but his entire body froze when he looked back at us. His eyes
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