ELISE’S POVThe silence was deafening.I didn’t know how long I had been there. Time didn’t move in that place—if it was even a place at all. Just endless silver trees lined the place. The ground beneath my bare feet was soft and cool, and the only sound was the small sound of a river nearby.But ev
“What’s happening to them?” I whispered. “Why them? Why now?” “I don’t know,” he said softly, “but I swear to you that we’ll find out. I won’t let anything happen to them. Or to you.”I nodded numbly, but inside, everything felt like it was shattering.I sat by the hospital bed, clutching Kael’s ti
ELISE’S POVThe night had started off peaceful. For once, everything felt still. Kael and Lyra were snuggled in my arms.Their warm little bodies were pressed close to me as I rocked gently in the nursery chair. The noises of the wooden rocker was the only sound besides their tiny, sleepy breaths. F
And Jackson...That name tasted like ash now. I used to want him. Gods, I loved him, even though I was using him. I gave him my best years… and he… he wanted me dead.And now, now he wanted to find me? What for? To finish the job?No. He wanted revenge, maybe even a second chance with Elise. I saw i
I had just gained their trust. I wasn’t in the high ranks yet but I was climbing, slowly but surely. And when I got high enough, I’d make sure none of them could breathe without asking my permission.But that night… that night wasn’t about power. It was about revenge.I returned to my chamber in the
GINA’S POV The ruins creaked as I stepped on them, but they were mine. It didn’t matter that I had once lived in palaces. Here, there was power. And that was what I had always wanted. This place… it had once belonged to exiled royals. Where I was now was an outpost carved into the edge of the Blac