One beat. Two beats. Three beats. I heard my heart beating in my ears, quieting all other sounds- not that there were many. Like a horse race I saw on TV once, the humans loved those, I remember them in the stalls before the doors opened, the signal broke out and the horses took off running like th
Maybe it didn't last long or maybe it rarely happened but she was surely taking advantage of it. Abby cast a soft gaze onto the bed and I felt the blood rushing to my face, heating my skin where the tears had left a cold dry trace. She scanned me for a second before she turned back to Darian.“Be
Darian slid his hand down Abby’s front and between her legs. He started moving it back and forth while her moans were muffled by the ball in her mouth.He pushed the button, I heard the tase and my eyes felt like were bulging out of my head when I couldn't look away. Abby’s head fell forward when he
I couldn't tell you how long I walked the halls before Elise found me. It was embarrassing enough that I couldn't find my way back to my room but when she told me that I was in the wrong wing of the palace I just gave up.She guided me back through the twists and turns of the halls and the stairs, i
Holy shit… I was freaking out, I wanted to turn back and go hide in the room but I couldn’t. It was too late, I was here now and my fate was sealed when Darian raised his head from talking to three members of the council, and his eyes locked on me as though he sensed me entering the room. “This is
I walked across the ballroom, not seeing anyone other than Emanuel and Iliana. Her chest pushed out when she drew a sharp breath watching me fight my way through the crowd. Her brown eyes turned round as they glimmered like a hundred diamonds and she reached out her arms.“Hazel, oh thank the gods,”
Back in the ballroom, the first thing I did was locate Emanuel. He was talking to Alpha Dom and Alpha Eric, two of the most dick-ish men on this planet, and two werewolves I actually wouldn't mind the humans spearing and using in their fields to scare off the birds.The group reeked of cologne and t
“I did not let him mark me,” I seethed. His lips pulled over his teeth and he leaned in an inch, not enough to make it obvious to others. “I didn’t see you fight it,” What a dick. Everyone there saw me begging the king not to mark me, they saw me screaming in pain when he put his mark over Emanue
We were in one of the many malls browsing the stores and filling up on doughnuts and ice cream. Kiera was gawking at an assortment of stuffed animals and I told her to get anything she wanted. The girl walked over and picked a bunny, a grey one, and her eyes flickered around like she was ashamed to
Darian tangled his finger in my hair and pulled my head back. I felt him drawing a sharp breath through his teeth as they pressed against my ear- my legs shook under him when he dragged his lips over my cheek and hovered over my open mouth. I wanted him to do more, to touch me everywhere, to undo my
A growl rumbled from his chest and he pushed us back against the wall and leaned down.He lowered his hand and rested his fingers on my neck while his lips hovered over mine.“Mathilda is spared,” he said huskily.“And so is Kiera, but what about everyone else?” My voice was quiet as it slipped past
I stood outside of Darian’s office about to knock but I kept stopping every few inches from the door and pulled my hand back. My mind was groggy from the lack of sleep, I laid awake all night because whenever I closed my eyes I saw a pair of striking blue eyes, and our conversation played over, and
The little creature was talking a big game, saying things that could get his tongue ripped out and shipped to his mother as a warning for the others but that last bit- it couldn't be true. Why on earth would werewolves team up with the filth that they spent so long getting rid of?Blood was shed, wa
The young man lifted his finger to his lips and didn't make a sound. Did I just say, 'young man'? How old was I getting in this place? I'm not even nineteen and I’m calling someone else a young man, the shiver that shook my bones was valid.“Could you focus,” Trixy snarled.“I called him a young man
The days passed smoother than I ever remember them doing. There was no nausea or whiplash from sudden events that kicked me to the ground and Darian had been surprisingly well behaved. Gabe took Mathilda into town and showed her around, they went to the Royal Training Facilities where she got to see
Nora took me to a corner of the hallway where a lamp shone, the only lamp above a portrait as far as I could tell. A regal woman sat on top of a throne, it was a humongous throne, the back reached up a good meter above her head, yet she sat there as though she and it were the same size with her arms
We took Mathilda through every level of the castle starting from the bottom and working our way through every single room, many of which I hadn't been in myself so that was fun.The gym, locker rooms, and Royal Guard sleep halls were especially unsettling but we closed those doors fast enough. At fi