Grey's POV Three Months Later "Are you sure about this?" The question left my lips at the same moment she squeezed my hand in excitement. The space before us was empty but spacious. Large enough for any event she would want to throw but small enough to still have an excuse to brush her fingers wh
"Well after these boxes, if you still have the energy...consider it christened." I rolled my eyes but obeyed as she was right. We didn't exactly possess an entire U-Haul worthy of belongings, but we had enough to start. A foldable table close to the floor as it was used for camping. Sleeping bags f
"Please, I'm sorry." I bit my bottom lip to hide my chuckle. "You will be." A swift swat to her ass made her gasp as I tightened the fingers that remained locked. While my thrusts grew in speed, so did my greedy fingers. My dominant hand began to play with the skin that was compressed too tightl
Elodie's POV "Come on, it's been weeks and you still haven't gone out with us even once!" The blonde firecracker I came to know as 'Lind' complained as we stood over the computer to clock out for the night. "My brother works the front so he can get us in and my ex-boyfriend's sister manages the pl
"Too bad you're across town...I'm wearing your favorite stockings. Although they might be ruined by now..." "Why?" "Well, the way you sound right now is making me drip down them," I spoke quietly into the end of the phone as I heard him groan on his end of the call. "Fuck, Elodie...I'm about to
Grey's POV I hadn't heard that voice in years and yet it wasn't one I could easily forget. It was one I used to go to in comfort once upon a time. The closest thing I had to a friend before Alden took me under his wing out of pity and obligation to my mother. But just like Elodie, she seemed to byp
"If you touch one hair on her head-" "I'm not going to kill her, Greydon." My eyes narrowed. "You are." Before I could respond, I was hit with a powder I could locate the second it permeated the air. Without a chance to eradicate its effect, the powdered wolfsbane sent me to my palms as I struggle
Elodie's POV I tried to remain unaffected since I was thrown into this closet of a room. Nothing but useless chairs and a chain wrapping my ankle to a shackle held fast in the wall. After almost giving myself a concussion by throwing the plastic seating in a frenzy, I tired myself enough to sit and
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