Zade led me down a second hallway and a stone-covered pathway until we reached a spiral staircase. We followed it all the way down until the smell of decay seeped up my nose and rats stood gnawing on bones in the corners- I realized that we were in the Council's dungeon. I stared at his back when h
The key was right there in the palm of his hand, I could unlock the cell, Darian would kill Zade and we could leave. This could all be over.“Or you can honor your sister's memory and let him rot in that cell, take Gabriel, and leave with a promise never to return,” Zade closed his fingers around th
“What have I ever done to you?” He grabbed my hand and cut into my skin, drawing my blood and letting it drop into the mix. “You haven't done anything, Hazel,” “Then why are you doing this? Is it him- is it Darian you hate?”Zade looked at me like the accusations I made were childish but there ha
Looking at his face it was like I forgot every word in the vocabulary. He was so close to me yet it felt like a stranger’s eyes that I looked into. His fingers softly graced the skin around my temple but his touch wasn't one that I recognized. Now when I looked at him he was soft and caring, his eye
At least my head was clear but the amount of biting and snarky thoughts that were spinning around up there was crazy. It felt like I hadn't had a chance to stop and think and piece everything together but now that I did I found myself pissed off at every single person around me. Gabe’s eyes softene
Gabe turned his head halfway towards the door and closed his eyes while he listened. I didn't hear anything outside of this room, no footsteps or voices, and neither did Trixy or she would've warned me but then again, we weren't Lycan’s.He opened his eyes, his head flew up and he rolled back his sh
The second that Darian talked, the voices stopped, and a quiet waiting ensued. Are they going to attack? Where were they hiding- and what clever fool thought it’d be a good idea to simulate an environment that Darian and Gabriel have been in since they were children?I was seriously reconsidering th
Darian’s touch was gentle and soft but when I watched him I saw the man that chained me to the bed, the one that fucked his Bells like that’s all they were good for and then pushed me around like a dog on a leash- pulling me in when he felt like it.“Please stop,” I grabbed his hands and lowered the
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