"You change a single thing and I'll just tear it off, witnesses or not." He nuzzled his nose against my cheek long enough to relax me. "I'll take care of everything, Elodie. Just trust me." I did, nodding, as he pressed a soft kiss to my cheek. It was when I looked down that I saw we'd received a f
Grey's POV I couldn't get out of there fast enough. Her taste still on my tongue and these sinful ideas broadcast in vivid torture all day, I was forced to keep myself at bay. If this meant palmijg myself to keep behaved so be it. It didn't help I could smell her the short distance apart. Her skin.
Elodie's POV There wasn't a second in Adam's custody that I didn't look for a way out. Even as he shoved me into the trunk of his car with bound hands and feet or pulled me out once on his property to check his phone. Not a threat could deter the spirit I kept concealed behind seemingly cooperating
I was pulled from the back, stripped of anything financially beneficial, before being tossed over his shoulder. Despite the fact he was shorter, he was still able to move me over him with a few exercised grunts before putting me back in the car. "If it's any comfort, I know he was looking forward
Grey's POV Thirty-two years was enough time to accumulate regrets. But nothing felt worse than this. Watching her toss and turn without more than a minute of a peaceful slumber despite the fact she was exhausted and in need of rest. Each time she'd jolt awake with a hand to her chest and arms flail
I closed my eyes to keep any temptation at bay while holding out my arm for support. She used it, lowering herself beneath the veil of bubbles, and whimpering when coming to rest against the head of the tub. Only when she let go of my arm did I decide to look at her and it wrecked my own pulse to se
"I don't want to run anymore. I don't want to be afraid anymore. I want to be something they fear." "What are you asking me exactly?" I begged it wasn't where my hopeful mind asked. If she wanted to tomorrow, I would make her my official Luna, holding her hand as the transition became the most unbe
Elodie's POV "Are you sure you don't want to take any more time and rest?" Grey called from the other side of the bedroom door, his presence just as comforting as it had been the last day at his side. Insisting I stay beside him to ensure nothing more came of Adam's vile attempts, it seemed to have
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