That was when I spotted some strange divots in the earth, like lines, where the dirt was falling down into. A sinkhole? I didn’t know. Veronica didn’t notice. She was looking at the notecard she’d made, likely reading off the next step. She stepped straight beyond the divot, and the ground started
Time had no meaning to me, without a watch, but I certainly felt like I was stuck in that dirt pit for hours. I had tried several times to pull myself out, but each time ended in near-immediate failure. The walls were crumbling dirt. There was nothing to hold onto. Even my new werewolf strength co
Nicholas lifted me up from the hole and then yanked me into the safety of his arms. With my new weight, his feet slipped in the mud and we both stumbled backwards. Nicholas landed on his butt in the mud. But with me cradled against him, I landed safely in his arms. He wore shorts, boots, and a r
Nicholas carried me into the cave and then gently laid me down. With my back against the cave wall, I could sit up enough to see. If he had placed me flat on my back, I never would have had the strength to sit up on my own. The cave itself wasn’t too deep. It didn’t go beyond a few more yards, fro
Nicholas’s words struck me straight through the heart. The wrapped around me like the warmest blanket, heating me even more than Nicholas’s hot body had done. I was so very enraptured, that the only thing I could think to do, was lean forward and press my lips to his. He tilted his head for a be
Nicholas held me all through the night, until the storm finally ended and the sun began to once again creep in from between the tree limbs and leaves. I was feeling better now, though still dingy and gross, especially when Nicholas helped me back into my swimsuit. Though he’d left it by the fire t
The moment the boat returned to the royal private island, I rushed off of it in search of Elva. I found her on the beach, building sandcastles with Veronica. Elva looked up at me and scrunched her nose. “Why are you so dirty, Mommy?” I rushed to her side. I so desperately wanted to hug her, but,
My entire body goes numb at Julian’s words. The whole world had seen Nicholas, live, strip down and roll over. Everyone must have been speculating what they saw. Was there even any question? What else could we have been doing but what we did? God, I never wanted to be in a pit again, but I still