"Antoine, get back!" Ashton yelled the minute he spotted me. Lunging forward, he let a snarl escape him as he planned to attack. In one swift movement, Antoine stepped in front of me, holding his arms up to stop Ashton. Ashton's eyes were growing wide as he skidded to a halt and looked at his bro
"You did that because of us?" I demanded, surging forward, claws extended. "All the deaths and injuries just for your selfish wish!" I knew it wasn't the brightest of ideas to attack a lycan king, but damnit I was pissed. Instead of choosing a different route to get to my mother and me, he decided
I sat at the table, staring around. My mother sat beside King Nigel looking like the perfect wife as he played the part of the doting husband. The whole scene was weird, especially when you threw in Brailyn, who was smiling from ear to ear due to my discomfort. "After we finish eating, I have somet
Once finished with our conversation, King Nigel allowed me to go back to the dining room. I was relieved to find that Brailyn was gone and only my mother remained. I had yet to have the opportunity to discuss what was going on with her and found this to be the perfect chance. Mustering up my courag
"What?" I rasped, trying to wrap my head around Asher's words. "How can you even say something like that? You don't even know me!" "I've known you since you were a child." Asher pointed out. Reeling I was once again reminded of the fact that my whole life was a lie. When I was angry, I could igno
The next day I was woken up much too early by someone banging on my door. Growling, I rolled out of bed and made my way over, ready to rip whoever it was to shreds. "What do you want?" I hissed, yanking the door open and finding myself standing face-to-face with King Nigel. "Why the hell are you he
For the rest of the morning, I watched King Nigel run his troops through drills. Even though I knew that I shouldn't be impressed with the enemy, I couldn't stop myself from appreciating their fluid and in sync movements. Afterwards, King Nigel allowed me to stick around to 'reacquaint' myself wit
"FUCK!" Rushing forward, I grabbed Antoine and Asher and began to force them into the closet. "Asher, you can mask your scent, right?" If he couldn't, we were really fucked. I wasn't sure who was out there, but I knew that they wouldn't be willing to pretend they didn't see the two men. "Yeah, I c