“Hey, Man,” Oliver said as soon as he answered the phone. “Any news?”“Why didn’t you tell me your uncle is sick?” Aiden asked, ignoring Oliver’s question.Oliver was quiet for a moment and then I could hear him sighing.“You spoke to your mother,” Oliver muttered; it wasn’t a question.“Yes,” Aiden
Carol’s POVMy heart pounded heavily against my chest as fear and doubt consumed me. I could see that Aiden was working out whatever was happening in his mind. He was just as confused if not more.“Are you saying that it was David who poisoned the Alpha?” I asked, my voice breathy. I didn’t know Dav
“Candace is one of the nicest women at the palace. We clicked a few years ago and we have been friends ever since. She’s kind of the only friend I have… we tell each other everything. She’s my best friend,” Tilly admitted thoughtfully.I tilted my head to the side.“You tell each other everything?”
Aiden’s POVI was getting a weird feeling from our conversation with Tilly, and I knew Carol was feeling the same way. Her intuition had gotten a lot stronger these last few days; I think it has to do with her being back where she came from. She’s now surrounded by all this power and magic; she’s al
“NO, of course not. But we don’t know if what you saw was the truth or not,” I said, trying to be reasonable. We don’t know how visions work, and it could have been anything.She shook her head as more tears fell down her gorgeous and flushed cheeks.“No, I know what I saw, Aiden,” she said, her voi
I nodded and sighed.“You’re right. I shouldn’t have gotten upset; I‘m sorry,” I said, wrapping my arms around her and pressing my lips to hers once again.“We are getting closer to figuring everything out,” Carol said, thoughtfully as she buried her face in my chest. “Beta Luca must have sent that
Carol’s POVI waited in the room for Aiden to return, not understanding why I couldn’t just go with him. I feel safer by his side than when I do alone. Aiden looked pretty freaked out though, so I knew whatever was going on in his mind was serious. Maybe he figured out the missing piece of the puzzl
“I’m just saying, it’s not a coincidence that she happens to be here at the same time Morgan returns home. She claims that Morgan kidnapped her so she set up the motive for herself.”‘Set up the motive for herself?’‘Claimed she was kidnapped?’Is she seriously saying I made all this up so that I co
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