Slowly, I begin to smile.“Whose hubris makes her overstep her power. This Game –““Is my Game now,” I hiss, whipping my hand in front of his face and snatching it into a fist like I’m grasping a fly out of the air. “Mine. You have run it into the ground, and now it is mine. I claim it. I make the r
I look beyond Laila and am not very surprised to see Heralds showing up, vanishing girls away, presumably back to the palace. I growl a little, remembering my promise to kill Death if any more of them show up dead.My wolf turns in an anxious circle within me, both of us wondering if that was kind o
And, indeed, to put together the shattered remains of my reality. I start to shake in earnest now, my hands clasped tight to my arms, dropping my head as I look down at my feet.“Juniper?” Anton asks, his voice soft as he steps close, watching me tremble. “You all right?”“Yup!” I chirp, whipping my
“I don’t know,” I murmur, letting my eyes flutter shut. “I – I got all this magic, Tony. I don’t know where it came from.”He hums, letting me know he understands, letting me continue.“As soon as I said it?” I whisper. “It like…became true.”Anton nods. I can feel it, his cheek moving against my ha
I just stare at Tony, baffled. “You’re real,” I whisper.“I mean, only kind of,” he says back, lifting his face up to the water, apparently relishing the feel of it against his skin. “I think only conceptually, if that makes sense.”“It doesn’t,” I growl, closing my eyes and rubbing my hand over my
Oh my god. Was he just trying to give me air…and then I kissed him!? And he just…went with it because if he told me he didn’t want to kiss me then I’d like…die!?Anton laughs, standing up. “I’ll be out in the living room with the others, okay?” he says. “Come out soon. If you don’t I’m coming back i
I watch Orion’s face as it shifts from shock to anger. “How dare you, Juniper,” he snarls.“Oh, come on, this isn’t even most daring thing I’ve said today,” I mutter, lifting my soup to my lips and taking another long sip.“That is my lineage you’re talking about!”“Oh, what the fuck even is a linea
“God damn it, Juniper,” Orion growls, slumping back in his chair and lifting is hands to his eyes, pressing the heels of his palms against them in frustration. “What are you even talking about? And you’re – you’re forgetting! About the prophecy, the pact! That if I don’t find my mate and ascend the