Nana spoke to my mind again. “She says not to cry, that it’s going to be alright. That…that she’d lived p-past her time, anyways.”I could feel the tears threatening to appear but I held firm. The only way I could get through this was by standing firm. I couldn’t afford to break at this moment. I lo
KATIENana was buried a week later. It was like from the second that I was discovered holding Nana’s lifeless hand till the moment the funeral began, I had had no rest. Everyone wanted to know how it was, know how it felt to be there at her dying moment, but I didn’t know what to tell them. I had f
And then there were two. I and Dominic were the only ones left, still staring at Nana’s coffin at the base of the dug grave, several bouquets of tulips, Nana’s favorite flowers, strewn across the top of the coffin. I was clung to him, and his arms were wrapped around me.Then I heard a voice behind
KATIEI and Jessi spent the rest of the afternoon catching up on each other’s lives. It was a fun thing to do, even though the dark cloud that was Nana’s funeral still hung over the both of us. We reminisced about her a lot, sharing a lot of fun memories of her, embarrassing memories of her, touchin
I was silent, taking her words in, the rain falling in a thick constant shower.“Also,” she said in a more cheery manner. “If you don’t take him back, I’m going to start pursuing him again, so choose wisely.”I burst into laughter at Jessi’s remark. How did I not know she could be this witty?“Alrig
KATIEThe last thing that I wanted was to mate with Damien. I know that he was my fated wolf and all that, but I didn’t feel any sort of attraction or feelings towards him. I didn’t want to date him and I definitely didn’t want to sleep with him. And according to Vila, her heat period would soon app
“You needn’t have bothered worrying yourself,” I said, silently cursing myself for not calling him sooner. “I was really caught up at work and I just haven’t had the time until now. I do miss Nana though. Sometimes, I’ll be working on a report and then a memory of her will come in, and I’ll just sto
DOMINICThe aftermath of Nana’s funeral was one filled with a lot of business and work. I had made it that way to sort of distract myself and I guessed it was my own way of coping with my grief. So I had made sure that most of my meetings were scheduled in the week after Nana’s funeral so I could at
"You need to stop this madness, son.""Stay out of this," he spat at her. Then he brought down the metal rod.But the rod didn't pierce my skin.Malia had come between the two of us at the last minute and the rod was pierced through her side. She crumpled to her knees as she groaned in pain. Blood r
KATIE'S POV I knew that it would all turn chaotic real fast, but I still wasn't prepared for the level of chaos and violence that had broken out in such a short amount of time. Once Xander had unleashed his vampire warriors on the people Dominic, who had been anticipating such a move, rallied his o
KATIEThe reunion between me and Dominic, Dustin and Damien was nothing short of emotional. I had not seen them in months by now, and it was all so exciting seeing them and touching them . Especially as there were times where I had feared that I would never see them again. They had missed me as much
I collapsed to the ground, clutching my throat and gulping and coughing till it hurt. "That is the only warning I'm going to give you," Xander said from somewhere above me. "I mean the nerve of you, to think you could try to change me. If you even think of trying to manipulate me again, this will
KATIE'S POVThe words I had screamed out rang in the air, almost seeming to echo. Xander stopped in his tracks immediately, stunned by what I had said. "W-what…what did you just say?" he asked, his hand tightening on my wrist even as he was no longer forcefully groping and undressing me."I did. I-
Once I had the letter safely in my clothes, I patted her in consolation. "Don't worry ma'am. I'll find a way."And then I left.Power affects everyone, even the kindest and humblest of men. Makes them do things they usually wouldn't, hurt people, destroy things. Power in the hands of Xander Thane wa
KATIE'S POVIt took me no time at all to make quick work of the lock to Lady Malia's cell and soon I was in the room.The woman who was curled up on her bed against the wall gave a small start. "What the f—""Shh!!" I said to her. "You'll alert everyone.""Who are you?" she said in a painfully loud
The way he said human, with so much disgust and loathing in his tone, made me blush."There's nothing you can do about him. Don't worry about it. This is his time to shine, and soon someone else is going to take his place. It always happens."The first voice became hushed. "Now, don't ask me how I k
KATIE'S POVThe vampire world was becoming more and more familiar to me as the weeks crawled by. That was not a statement that I ever in my dreams imagined that I would even be making. Before all of this, the vampire world had seemed to me like nothing but a mere, distant thought. Now, I was entrenc