LOGIN“No!” she sputters out, stumbling a few steps towards me, shaking her head so hard her pretty blue-green hair flutters out all around her. “No, Junie, don’t make me go! I want…I want to stay here! And help! I mean…” she bites her lip. “It will be nice to be able to visit home. But I want to stay wit
“I’m sending you home too,” I say quietly, doing my best to look each in the eyes. “I’m sorry this happened to you. I’m sorry if you’re disappointed that you didn’t get the wish.” They murmur a variety of responses back to me, most of them relieved. One by one they step forward and I take their ha
“Does…” I whisper, my eyes still fastened to Orion as my eyes move over him, feeling the powers that radiate from him now. “Does that mean you have all of the powers of Darkness too? From…from the wish?” “No,” Orion murmurs, looking down at his hands and flexing them, experimenting with the feel o
Beatrice is the last to go, staring at me in shock, realizing finally that she bet everything on the wrong horse. I bare my teeth at her, fangs extended, and Beatrice’s eyes go wider as she trembles and finally submits, going to her knees and bowing her head. “Good,” I say, my voice returning to n
Laila’s knife sinks deep between Death’s shoulder blades and the final scream of a God fills the air as Death falls to his knees. The magic stops mid-stream, like a tap being suddenly turned off. I groan and tilt forward against Anton, who catches me and holds me against his chest. “Shit, June,”
“Just a little longer, June. She’ll do it.” But what if she doesn’t? What if…what if I’m inches from oblivion, and this is it? My heart strains in my chest, my wolf shaking like a leaf from snout to tail. But still, I will myself to hope. To trust in my friend. “I know,” I reply, letting my ey
“Oh, it’s fine that you’re going on a date, Orion,” I say, sitting up straight and lying through my teeth, my pride giving me the boost I need. “I’m just…surprised.”I don’t miss, at all, how carefully Anton is watching me.“What,” Orion says, smirking as he pulls on his jacket. “Did you think I was
“Well, a mermaid is certainly not a gorgeous woman,” Laila murmurs, a cunning little grin takes her lips as Laila places my pretty little book on the table and conjures a slim volume of her own. “This is.” And then she opens the page and my mouth falls open.Because the creature there…Well, it cert
“Am I allowed to ask why we’re not welcome at the temple?” I raise my chin as I glare at Faiza.Slowly Faiza smiles and then shakes her head.“But,” I hesitate, glancing over at Anton, who stares at Faiza quite seriously. “How will we –“Faiza sighs and holds out her hand, palm flat to the ceiling.
But then she stirs, and moans, and coughs a bit, her head turning to the side.“There she is,” Orion murmurs, setting down the vial and settling Juniper more comfortably in his arms as she groans and turns her head into him, shuddering and shaking as life comes back to her.Anton huffs out a breath







