It caused an itch under my skin to see how much they were enjoying this; watching Darian as he realizes that his friend has betrayed him when he thought that he was here to help him get his daughter back. It broke my heart.Everything he’s done and all the pain he has caused has been to keep her saf
The Dark Guards, the councilmen, the Elder, and even Nate were watching this like it was a fictional event, something played on the TV where a script was involved and hours of rehearsal where the characters feigned emotion without really feeling it. That’s what this was to them, a puppet show, put o
She was pressing her small frame against the woman next to her and when I lifted my gaze all I could see was that it wasn't Ophelia, it wasn't her mother who walked her in here.The woman wore a grim expression, she looked like a younger Mrs. Smith with a deep frown that had formed wrinkles around h
If the deepest form of pure sadness had a word, the one where everything died and rotted leaving behind a soul-crushing void- I would use it right now as I looked at Darian’s face. They say the eyes are a mirror to a person's soul, if that’s the case then I just saw Darian’s soul being crushed by th
I could feel Darian’s anger rising rapidly, engulfing the air around us while the Dark Guard got into a defensive stance. “Kiera, why don't you go into the room and draw a picture of some beautiful flowers that you would like to see?” I said calmly.Ophelia stepped up, let go of Mr. Light's arm, an
Darian held my gaze and his ’I am’ was lost on me. How on earth was he helping the situation? He wasn't doing anything to get us out or make his former queen shut the hell up. She was just allowed to say whatever she wanted and we just had to stand her and listen to her mid-numbing voice that made m
My arms were stretched out and I was ready to catch her but her features twisted in confusion and it made sense, she had no reason to trust me. To her I was a stranger who somehow stood in her home with a King she thought wanted her mother dead, oblivious to the fact that he was her dad. Our eyes l
Darian was heading toward Mr. Light and Nate, the Elder had created distance from them to keep his ass safe for the moment. He locked in on them, everyone knew what they had done, and they knew it was over, but before he could reap his vengeance the door burst open and the Dark Guards ran in. Their
The boys had full heads of hair, it was a pain in the ass to cut it all the time because it fell in their eyes, but it grew like weed on their heads- Kaitlyn’s didn’t, but she had the most beautiful ash-blonde color with caramel highlights that sparkled under the sun. The flowers around us lit up t
3 Years Later. Hazel's povIt was the triplet's third birthday and everyone had gathered in the royal garden. Gabe carried Kane like a purse and spun him around, the two were inseparable. Kaitlyn was Kiera’s new doll, she dressed her and did her hair- not that she had a lot of it but it was growing
We were sitting in the hospital room. Gabe came a few hours ago and Nora pulled a chair up to the bed and hadn’t moved for the past three hours. We were waiting for Hazel to wake up, she was healing quickly and had been given blood all night, she should be good as new before nightfall. I kept going
Zade’s lips pulled in a grin and he rolled up the sleeve of his shirt.“You all might want to look away for this,” he said humbly and reached out his arm. The inked snake started moving, the tail slithered under his skin and the head slowly rose with its split tongue flickering as it fell on the be
Darian’ POVWhy the fuck was her heart slowing down? I listened to every beat and felt myself sinking the more time passed before each one. “Baby, stay with me,” her breaths were so fucking shallow and the doctors and healers were cutting her open to get the baby out but the cord was tangled around
I turned my head and looked at the babies in their bassinet.“Welcome to the world, my angels. Mama’s right here. I’ve got you,” I and turned my head. The ceiling wobbled in my hazy vision.“Come on my love, we’ve got this,” I said and stroked my hand over my belly. Tears streaked down my cheeks and
Two Months Later. “FUCK! Get them the fuck out of me!” I punctured Darian’s skin with my nails when I lifted my upper body off the bed and screamed at the doctor who sat between my legs. She was focused on the first baby’s head crowning. First. And then there were two more. The strikes of pain tha
A gasp peeled from me as I bent over in pain. I had been standing for too long. Darian grabbed my arm and told everyone to continue the preparations, with the housekeepers and maids running around with laters and boxes with trinkets and decorations. He led me up the stairs and got me into bed. “Yo
1 Month Later. “Holy shit! You’re kidding me, did that really happen?” Mathilda screeched and covered her mouth.“Fuck, Hazel,” Gabe winced and stepped back when he heard the news. A trial was held today, where a male member of the Lycan pack had been charged with rape- which meant today when he wa