Making it…utterly impossible to fulfill his mission. To go in there, and get his girl, and kill as many of them as necessary to get her back home where she’ll be safe. To ensure they’ll never come for her, ever again.Jackson sighs and hangs his head as he sinks to the ground in despair, wondering i
J-jacks? Ariel’s voice whispers, desperate and unbelieving. Are you real? Am I imagining you? A sob breaks from Jackson’s throat as he falls to his knees. Ari, he says to her, his mental voice shaking, I’m coming –Baby, she says, the word short and scared. Sweetheart, don’t – they’ll kill you – I
Ella just rolls her eyes at Dominic and moves away from her mate, stepping over towards her sons with a scowl on her face.“Don’t get a divorce,” Mark mumbles, covering his eyes with his hand, miserable. “Dad will want to keep us for Midwinter and he’ll be crap at presents. And the food.”“Oh, he’s
Rafe sighs, frustrated and tired of waiting for his father to finish his sentence. “Or,” he says, continuing where his dad left off, “Ariel did some serious damage to their forces in that battle before they took her, and Atalaxia is forced to treat with our ambassadors because they’re no match for u
Haversham and the boy stay silent, locked in a stalemate. Unlike Haversham, though, the boy fidgets and looks anxiously over his shoulder. “Please, sir,” the boy says, true terror coming into his voice now. “I’ll get in so much trouble if you don’t let me take you to your rooms. It’s my first day –“
I spend a long, long time in the stupid purifying bath that Pippa drew for me. And I spend most of that time crying.At first Pippa had been afraid when I had gasped, my hands slapping across my mouth, and instantly burst into tears. She had dashed to my side, desperate to help, but I had pushed her
Slowly, I draw my arms back, making a mental note to be very careful. But even as I take a step backwards towards the center of the cage, I begin to put together the idea that…however Gabriel made these cages, he wasn’t absolutely precise with his measurements. Instead, the cage is just…slightly sma
A little thrill goes through me as I look around the Land of Darkness and realize that I am, for the first time in weeks, outside of my stupid little cage. I glance back at the little nest of pillows and blankets that I left there – that I usually sleep in at night – and a laugh bubbles out of my th