I just can’t figure it out.Jesse, I get – I understand why Atalaxia would take one of our magical warriors on the day of battle.But…Junie!? Why the hell would the enemy want her!?Was it even Atalaxia? Do they have that kind of power, to just come into our world and…snatch us up? And if it wasn’t
“No, I can see her,” I whisper to Daphne, frowning at her, wondering what magic pumps through her veins that allows her to see the Goddess. “Just…not everyone can.”I look around to see that everyone has gathered around us, everyone’s faces drawn as Cora summarizes the Goddess’s words for those who
“Take me back!” he shouts, storming close and grabbing her shoulders, giving her a shake. “Right fucking now!”“No!” she shouts in return, a scowl taking her tiny features. “I’m never taking you back there! Not to that whore –“Jesse gasps and then shoves the girl away from him. “Don’t you ever call
“No,” Midnight snarls. “I’m not taking you back.” When Jesse turns back towards her he sees that she’s glaring at him with those soulless empty eyes, her arms crossed. A shiver runs through him completely, his entire self.God, fuck, what was the Goddess thinking giving him this as his mate?“I’m ne
“Yes, master?” she says, looking up at the God adoringly.“Keep him contained,” the God says, reaching out a hand to grasp her chin, turning her face side to side like he’s inspecting it and finds it wanting. “Do not, under any circumstances, take him back to the Earth.”“Yes, sir!” Midnight says, h
Jesse just stares at the girl standing before him, wondering if this is some sort of game, some ruse she’s playing to trick him into feeling sorry for her. Because he’s got a tender heart – he knows that, as much as he tries to hide it from everyone else. Could this girl have figured that out and is
It does her good, I know, to see her daughter so loved when she’s not around to do it.My dad inhales sharply through his nose when we step close and I shift my gaze to him.“Things are complicated, Ariel, but we need to –“He gasps mid-sentence – we all do – as a huge sound breaks through the air,
I slowly exhale as I concentrate on the little stack of wood at the center of the empty space between the tents that my mother lead us to. A little anxious, I glance around at all of the very flammable canvas fabric around us.“Steady,” Jacks murmurs, smirking down at me from his place at my side, s