The water hit my body and felt like lava was washing down on me. I stepped aside for a second and then back again and I repeated that little dance about a hundred times to give myself a pause between the self-inflicting torture of taking a shower.I saw the scratchy loofah hanging on the golden hoo
“After everything you have put me through,” I said and tossed the card aside. I finished eating but an awful feeling was gnawing at me. Why this nice gesture now after he had an innocent man killed, sent his teacher to use me like a cane sharpener and then waterboarded me?This was all within the
I didn't hear any footsteps behind me so I quickly threw myself into the first room I could find.There was an entire wall that had been taken out and the room stretched out onto a balcony that overlooked the stables.The room itself was nothing extraordinary, there was a table with a lamp on it and
Gabe chuckled, he looked toward the door and heaved a breath.“Let’s go,” he said and expected me to follow him. A move like that was something I would run by Trixy but seeing as she wasn't awake yet I was left to make the choice alone.He walked as though he knew I'd follow and I thought about it
He stopped the car outside of a withered down three-story townhouse with a triangle-shaped roof and ripped linens hanging in the windows where glass should be.I got out and clutched my stomach when if felt it drop into a bottomless pit.I had no idea where we were but my heart broke over the fact t
Gabe was welcomed like a King with a golden chalice filled to the brim with cherry-scented wine and a collection of the finest cigars I had seen. They were often smoked by the leaders of any pack- including my former alpha who refused to smoke anything else that didn't have the signature sun-dried l
Two girls walked around the room and poured drink after drink into the men's crystal glasses. How there could be money like that in a place like this was beyond me. Wherever I looked I saw bits and pieces of wealth, but then I looked at the broken wood paneling and the rotting floors; the empty fixt
The door slammed shut and I face-planted into a pillow when he threw me down on the bed in the center of the room. I didn't know whose room we were in but the smell of sex and sweat made me think it had been used not too long ago. The urge to gag was strong but my fear of the man in front of me was
“Why?” He sucked on his teeth and looked around the fight starting again.“I can’t say, but you can figure it out.” He grabbed my shoulders and gave me a light shake. “Figure it out, Hazel, and everyone will walk away from this,” he searched my eyes desperately, but his riddles were lost on me.“Yo
“Well it’s a shame that your future Queen chooses her own life over her people, of course enticed by her King to do so I’m certain,” the Elder’s voice scraped my ears like thorns when I walked out. He lifted his hand about to give another grand speech when his eyes rounded and landed on me. “Well,
It was impossible not to listen to the grunts and the last screams of a person before they fell dead. The bloodshed was already massive and the healers were running around to tend to all those who had been hurt.We had volunteers outside bringing in the wounded and the bodies of the dead ones were l
One hour passed and I was having an inner dialogue about how fucked up this situation was. I couldn’t be a mother to one child let alone three. Three. Triplets. Not just any triplets but triplet Lycan’s. And the doctor's snide remark about sexual intercourse…pfft. I knew how to get pregnant I just n
HAZEL’S POVNora was sitting on the chair beside the bed reading a magazine and Lauren stood in position by the door. Though I don’t think it’s to keep any threats from entering, it’s to keep me from leaving. I was lying in the hospital bed, staring at the ceiling and wondering what the hell was wro
I was in my office, the lights were off, and the door was closed as I poured myself a drink of crystal-clear vodka. The glass trembled in my hand when I raised it to my lips and downed every last drop. My mind railed around all things Hazel: how she was feeling, why she fell and screamed in pain, an
Nora burst through the bedroom door as I was changing and Lauren moved over the floor before either of us could fathom that she was even up from the couch. She stood in front of Nora and sighed.“It’s just you,” she said and stepped back.“Thanks?” Nora shook her head and hurried over to me.“I hear
Darian carried me to the shower and washed me off before he put me in bed and covered me. He placed a kiss on my head and mumbled something but I was too exhausted to hear him and my eyes closed before I could fathom what was happening.I opened my eyes and looked around but where was I? I didn’t re
“Choose a safe word.” He ordered.“Ruby.” I just said the first thing that came to mind. “On your knees.” He said and with one swift pull, the towel was gone and landed on the floor behind the couch.I looked up at him, the carpet was soft under my knees.“Show me your tongue,” he slid his thumb a