Grey's POV There wasn't a second of the night that my focus wasn't somewhere on her. By the time she closed the curtains soon after I left, I kept my attention to that pulse that acted as a monitor. I could hear its small influx as she continued to clean while hearing the mutterings she made muffle
Elodie's POV I fixated on the shadow hovering over me, more angered than frightened that Grey was right. But I didn't even have him to call to. Instead, I used a scream to try and hope one of my new neighbors would call for help. In the attempt, I was only pinned to the bed by a sharp talon of some
"You were here..." My words came out quietly as he only clenched his fists before bending over the sink. The dish towel was gripped tight enough in his grasp to notice the contrasting white of his knuckles against the dark counter. But he didn't answer, he only continued to clean with more vigor. I
"I don't think it's a good idea..." "Will it help you, too?" He nodded, fixated on the wound beneath my eye. But as I pulled his hand towards it, he took hold of my wrist with careful authority. "It has never felt like it does when it's with you. So if it hurts, you stop me..." He walked me again
Grey's POV Detective Spinner was a man in his early forties whose cigarette vice was poorly hidden in the cheap cologne he sprayed two layers too much of and the gum he smacked rather annoyingly. Running a hand through his balding hair and offering a weak smile of realization, his attempted charms
"Your tasks have been emailed to you." Her brows knitted before she looked to the hallway outside my office, ultimately moving to close the door, before returning to me. Giving her a look less than satisfactory, I reopened it and returned to my desk. "What is going on with you? Did the detective s
Elodie's POV This is probably the first time in my entire life that I was not tearing through my closet for the 'perfect' outfit for this date. If anything, it could be labeled as the easiest one of my life as I had no intention of doing anything but distracting myself from the last few days. Whil
My eyes scanned the sea of people in hopes of finding a means of conversation but instead found a figure outlined as if my eyes were only ever meant to find him. My breath hitched, my skin warmed, and my tongue became dry in my mouth. Maybe it was because it was the first time I'd seen him in anythi
Grey's POV “I had this entire plan to go to dinner and then the boardwalk. I’d even rehearsed what to say at least a thousand times today…But I realized that when you’ve lived through what we have, the promises were already there. To me, a ring a no ring, yes or a no, my heart is and always will be
Elodie's POV SIX MONTHS LATER I'd already been waiting three hours after his meeting and my patience was too thin to test. He'd been acting shifty all day, almost as if he was hiding something. In fact, I knew he had been with the way he shuffled away from me whenever I tried to look at the screen
"I swear to God if I survive this I am going to become a demanding girlfriend." I grinned at the title she gave herself that I loved hearing, even in anger. Maybe even more so. "I will do everything with a smile. Now please, baby, you have to go." She sighed before standing. Leaning over me with a
Grey's POV I wasn't lying when I told her it was a risk. Not only to dance with death but in the return. Knowing if I were to wake as a human that it would be without the strength needed to protect her from the elements now out of my control, I felt more vulnerable than being formerly encaged in si
"It was a risk, but I had a feeling it would pay off to bet on you.""What are talking about?""Kinsey explained how she was able to become a human after I killed her the first time. Tied to Aslan's line, he gave his life as Alden had done for you. Since you were the one to kill me...I was able to c
Elodie's POVI never wanted to be one of those girls dependent on anyone. But losing someone like Grey Alluna was as if the sky no longer held stars, the gravity was purposeful but hollow in my heart and my head, and the oxygen I was forced to take was more painful than needed. I took mindless step
"Now, I'm giving you your punishment." I came down on her as I had done over a decade ago, teeth sinking into her neck, as she whimpered beneath me. When she would awaken again, it would be in a transition once again. Born a wolf, she never had to feel that painful shift between human and beast, the
Grey's POV It wasn't the abrupt silence of the crowd or the taste of the blood fading from my tongue that returned me to my humanity. It wasn't even the pull of her pleas dragging that part of me to the surface in a painful lurch. It was the sound of her heart accepting death without regret. The wa
"You smell so sweet." His voice had even changed. Where a smokiness existed behind some words now came a thick brutality. It was almost demonic. "How I've never fed on you before is a wonder I won't force myself to take for much longer. But I like a chase..." He released me with my broken hand and