Elodie's POV Sitting on the chair across from Henry as he worked behind his desk, he believed I was working on my thesis for the end of the semester. With the way my fingers continuously clacked around my keyboard, it was easy to believe. But in truth, I was looking up any and all details I could a
"Name?" I gave my former roommates as most people would not recognize me away from Henry's arm. It seemed to work yet again as I was allowed inside after being patted down. Ensuring I was absent from any contraband, they guided me to the visitation room, and then I waited. I looked around to a wom
Elodie's POV I've gone back on and off through the week, only to be met with what felt like more of his mind games. His mischievous smile as if he could read my mind was enough to derail my thoughts more times than I'd like to admit. His curious fingers somehow always managed to find mine while I w
"So you admit it...you did this to me?" I was exhausted, hanging on every word and flux in his expression but he only bowed his head to hide it from me. "I admit I couldn't stop it. But I won't make that mistake again. I was afraid of letting myself be...me...that you would be afraid. You would see
"Yeah. Asking for him to keep paying attention to you. Am I not enough? Do I not make you feel like I'm doing all of this for us?" He asked, arms outstretched to the apartment around us. The same one was decorated by his tastes, chosen by his decision, and left more of a bachelor pad than a couple s
Grey's POVNo matter how upset she was or how she believed herself to be steadfast in never returning, I knew she would. For the past week, I could see her dedication as his wife began to fracture. Even if it meant she still went home to him, the doubt was a start. It was enough to find some certain
Elodie's POV I awoke before the moon was exchanged for the sun as something pulled for me to stand. Although I was still exhausted with a pounding in my head from Henry's brute force, I listened to the beckoning I had denied until now. Maybe if I had attended to its braying then my skin wouldn't be
"You must be the Moonwhore..." He chuckled lowly and my skin raised in hearing the familiar name before. Without time to ask, I was approached by him and separated by the raise of the sharp tip at the end of my fingers. "Stay the fuck away from me!" I shouted as he only cocked his head. "You thi
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