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
It’s insane how planned everything was, every move that anyone made was an order from their king. Gabe would probably rather dance with Nora or Abby or maybe there was a completely different girl that he fancied but he was stuck babysitting me.“Please? I do like the waltz,” he lowered his head whil
“I have to go,” I said and held my head down. My hand slowly fell from Gabe’s and when our fingertips graced each other he reached out and pulled me back. “Please don’t. Fuck, Hazel, I'm sorry- that was a dick move,”Gabe tightened the hold on my hand when I tried to pull it free and he cupped my c
I stood in the middle of the room and stared mindlessly at the wall while he awaited an answer- pulling the strings like a puppet master.’Nobody said I could leave. I chose to’’How will I make you learn?’I swallowed the fear that rose and stuck my chin out.’Learn what, my king?’An eery, heavy s
He was a monster, through and through but I couldn't help that his touch set fire to my skin and the pleasure that I felt numb in while my mind shut down.I knew who he was and what he did but I didn't tell him to stop. I couldn’t.My core clenched and my walls tightened around his fingers.“Don’t c
“Your mother gave you a potion in a needle to stun your abilities?” Gabe was fighting back a growl as he walked in.Darian stood still in the back, equally as angry as his brother but when his eyes landed on me they softened and he smiled as he pushed off from the wall and walked over.Kiera nodded
Darian had to hurry off and help with the cleanup- after which he needed to get word out to all the members of the pack and let them know what had happened. I was aimlessly strolling around the bottom floor, unsure of where to start and what my job was right now. When I neared the door I saw Nora’s
Nora heaved where she stood a few feet away. It was a morbid sight- all the bodies that lay scattered, some in pieces and others like dolls- you’d think they were just asleep.The smell of decay rose in clouds; my eyes wouldn’t be able to see in a shade other than red for quite some time.“You did g
I slid on my knees when an arm shot out about to smack my throat and the ones I needed to fight on the way, I took care of. But I was close now, the Elder’s naturally hooded eyes were focused and his nose wrinkled as I closed the distance between us with a swift hit that he dodged. For an old wrinkl
The Elder staggered back and held a hand over his wounds but from the choking came a laugh, a dark chuckle as he lowered his hand and his wound started healing. That shouldn’t be happening, he should not be healing from that, not that quickly anyhow. Nora’s head whipped to the side when his fist cra
Every visible inch of the Elder’s skin turned cherry red, as he stood unharmed on the sidelines. There there was barely a nick on his wrinkled skin apart from the cut in his hand. The news of my pregnancy was not celebrated by anyone, let alone myself as we stood in the middle of a war field, our nu
“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