Which brought me to the meeting that I had in fifteen minutes. Something about increasing the cost of living in the city, I don’t know. I only knew that it would be boring as hell, and I would have to put on my best face and charm my way through the meeting.Fifteen minutes later, Valeria came into
XANDERI straightened the lapels of my suit jacket as I made my way to my office. I was very curious as to how the recent events had affected her. Was she going to be calm and collected, or was she falling apart from the stress of it all. A part of me felt sorry for her, that she had to be caught up
“Katie, lower your voice,” I said with a little steel in my voice. “You wouldn’t want to implicate your husband further.”“Please,” she said. Her eyes began to glimmer with tears. I was inordinately turned on. “Think about my kids. Think about how they wouldn’t grow up with a father that loves them
KATIEI tried as hard as I could to steady my breathing as I left the office of the mayor but I couldn’t. I wasn’t fully so re about what exactly it was that had gone on in Xander’s office, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that I had narrowly escaped something bad from happening. That I had just nar
“How does this affect you?” I said, in a bid to break the awkward tension in the car. “The unfortunate circumstances that’s unfolded over the past few days, I mean.”Demon didn’t say anything for quite sometime. “Well, ma’am. I was his beta. We have a bond that goes back decades. A bond only weaker
KATIEThe babies were asleep when I walked into the main house. The matron, Nora, looked tired as hell.“Those kids are demons,” she said, gruffly, but not in an unkind way.I smiled warmly at her. “Thank you so much for this favour, Nora. I won’t ever forget it.” There was something very motherly a
“As serious as I can ever be. I was as shocked as you are right now.”We burst into another round of laughter. When we had recovered from the fit of laughter, we got back to staring at the ceiling in silence. We were like that for so long that I thought that Rachel had already slept off.The she sai
KATIEFor the second time in three days, I found myself walking the dirty hallways of the holding quarters of the police station. The holding quarters were messy in and of itself, but the place where Dominic was being held— the high security area—was even more unkempt. The prisoners looked less well
"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