Emanuel grabbed her arm and moved her behind him. He took a protective stance in front of her, shielding her from the sinister gaze in Darian's eyes.I stood between the two males and watched Iliana tremble in fear behind her mate. This was not happening.I know Iliana, she would never try to hurt a
The Chalice Ritual was no different. We stood around, bare and weakened just for someone whose relevance was decided by the high lord, to judge us and choose which of us were fit to be prey for the predator.The room went silent with a single sharp inhale going over everyone's heads when they watche
What the hell was happening? I looked at Darian and it took every ounce of strength I had not to cower under his fear-inflicting gaze. Everyone else stepped back- they literally took a full step back and watched us like a theatre play instead of stopping their king from killing an innocent girl.Ev
Emanuel was on his knees in front of Darian, he tried to reach for the knife but it was lodged between his shoulder blades. I squeezed my eyes shut even though I swore I wouldn't look away and turned my head down when he tried to reach for the knife. With each movement, the knife twisted in his tis
Iliana crawled across the floor to Emanuel. After one nod from the king, the guard stepped back and he pushed the knife back in between Emanuel's shoulder blades. Iliana gasped but he didn't scream, he bit down and his face turned red but he waited for her calmly. I envied the way that his arms open
Emanuel held her hand so tight that his knuckles turned white and he held his arm close to his side when they turned around and walked across the ballroom.Everyone was smiling from ear to ear like they had won something while watching the by far nicest Alpha couple I knew walk with straight backs a
It’s an awful thing, to look at someone's face and not recognize the person that they are. Whoever Emanuel used to be to me seemed like a lifetime ago, I had no idea who this man was standing in front of me right now.Nevertheless, I opened the envelope and read the invitation.Word by word my breat
Walking back to the ballroom I took the smallest steps and swayed as though I was walking on a beam. The looks on their faces when they left would be forever imprinted on my mind. Iliana and I locked eyes when she got in the car and Emanuel handed the umbrella to the driver, right before he got in h
“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