Kiera, the name didn't seem familiar, I hadn't heard it before but Zade seemed awfully sure that Darian would know it.He left after the very brief visit and now I just sat on the edge of the bed with my feet firmly on the floor in case I needed to spring up as fast as possible.I waited for him to
DARIAN’S POVKeira. That name hadn't been spoken inside this palace for years. Nothing so beautiful belonged here. The only other time I felt that was when I brought Hazel home after the Hunt. Every step felt like it defined the turn of the world and the halls seemed longer, infinite even, when I
DARIAN’S POVI lifted my head and met the Council member's prideful glares with a careless one of my own. But they were suspicious. Every other time that they had delivered the next one of their little games, I'd read it right away and then we’d have a drink and I would act like they weren't the scu
I stopped reading and looked up at the men sitting in my chairs, drinking my scotch while their Guards fucked the girl I paid for. “If you keep reading we will kill them,” Rhys snarled. “If I don't keep reading they will kill her,” Rhys and I were well aware of the reputation we had and what peop
HAZEL’S POVWhatever that name meant and whoever it belonged to deserved a medal for what it did to Darian.His face fell for the first time since I met him and his eyes looked haunted by the memories of the person who carried the name. There was emotion in his eyes and for the first time it wasn’t
Zade left and I stood holding a knife and stared at my reflection in the blade.The closer I looked the clearer I saw the sadness in my eyes.“No shit, you’re about to get us killed,” Trixy snidely remarked.“If you want I'll stop and we can just spend the rest of a probably very long life living as
He grabbed my neck and claimed my lips like he’d been waiting for it.His hands roamed my body like he was starving for my touch and he knew my body now better than I knew it myself, after having drawn paths many times before, he followed them as though they led him home.The lock holding my teddy t
Everyone’s heads snapped back to the King when a growl rose from his chest and I looked to see his eyes golden and dangerously narrowed on Zade. Darian got up, he snarled while his neck broke and his arms lengthened. The fur grew on his body and his ears had sharp points and stood straight.The siz
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
HAZEL’S POVNora and I were watching each other, I pressed my lips tighter and felt them shake when I blew out a breath making a rumbling noise on the way.Neither of us said anything and I don't know why she was suddenly quiet but I had my reasons. Having to picture her naked with my mate being one
DARIAN’S POV“You need to calm the fuck down or you’ll scare her again,” Onyx growled. Like I hadn't thought about that myself.Hazel was sticking her chin out, her brows were pointing down when her frown deepened and I knew that laughing wouldn't make the situation any better but she was too fuckin
“How old is she?” I jumped around and saw Gabe barely an inch away, his shoulder brushed up against mine and he was looking at Mathilda and Elisa disappear around a corner.“Thirteen,” I said with a hand over my heart while I steadied my breathing.I remembered her thirteenth birthday, it was a few
To my never-ending surprise, Mrs. Smith walked in with a phone in her hand and a deep scowl on her pouty face. I bet I could fill the creases of her wrinkles with nickels and they would just stay there.“Your Majesty,” she said and handed over the phone before she walked with heavy steps, swaying he
We stood in the doorway for a good minute before either of us attempted to move. The silence even grew awkward, it hadn't done that before but I felt like I wanted someone to come and interrupt us because I had nothing to say to break the awkwardness.It couldn't be just words from him, I had to fee