Artemisia “Hey,” Fynn says quietly as he steps next to my bed. “Hey,” I answer in a whisper, closing my book. He puts his hands in his pockets, smiling. “You look incredibly beautiful.” “Thank you,” I say while blushing, and lean my head against the headboard of my bed. He grins as he sits on t
Artemisia After finishing our tea, Corvina goes to the border with Logan and Matthew to put up the protection spell while I follow Hendrick, who informs Cayden about what Corvina said. We find him in his office, surrounded by high piles of paper. “Don’t you want to take a break?” I ask him, huggi
Artemisia I’m still sobbing lowly as Cayden walks into my room. My mother has her arms wrapped around me, her head resting on my shoulder while Ramona is sitting on the other side, holding my hand. He walks in silently, my other mates and Corvina following him closely. Fynn, who looks freshly ou
“You have to be fucking kidding me!” I shout at him, throwing my clothes onto the floor. “They literally dragged me to court because they said you were locking me up in the basement.” “I don’t know what to tell you, Missy,” Cayden sighs as Logan takes a step forward.“Your scent was everywhere in t
Riccardo “Can you just make him shut up!” I yell at Torrie, who is trying to calm down the pup screaming his lungs out in her arms. And naturally, she is failing at it. “I don’t know what he has. I have fed him, and he has clean diapers. Maybe he is in pain of some sort,” she tries to justify her
Artemisia I feel like I’m about to pass out from excitement and nervousness as my mother picks at the various layers of my dress. “Are you ready?” she asks me and I lay my hands on my belly, taking a deep breath. “Not really.”My pups seem to be happily calm, and I think back to Giorgio’s and Dia
For a bit, I feel like I can sense the eyes of my mates on me, but I convince myself that it is my imagination just as Fynn’s voice rumbles through my mind. “Babe, I know they told you to take your time… But please, run.” I laugh, shaking my head as I walk over sticks and stones carefully. I see Co
Artemisia I open my eyes, and I regret it instantly. Holding my head, I hope to make it stop spinning around, and I groan in pain as I touch the big bump on the back of it. “What the hell,” I murmur. “Sorry, you weren’t meant to get hurt,” Lisa says, attracting my attention to her as she paces u
Emma As usual, Uncle Finnegan is the only one who is grinning. A smug face among a preoccupied and angry crowd. Kai and I, as the future leaders of the pack, had been called into a meeting with the higher-ranked members of the pack by the Alpha. I feel all giddy at the thought of it, even if it
Ace I feel like my entire body was set on fire and is now lying in a jelly-like extinguishing substance. Groaning, I try to move, but to no avail. My body is heavy, held by anchors drilled into the ground. As all I can see is darkness, I close my eyes again, taking a deep breath. My subconsciou
I straighten up, nodding repeatedly. “Oh, I’d love to.” “Awesome, let me fetch the carafe I have put on ice,” he says happily. He is just about to get back into the house as an angered voice booms from the other side of the street. “Hey!” We jump on our spot as Kai slams his car’s door and storms
Emma - Five Years Ago “They are searching the forest once again,” Artemisia tells me while pulling the curtains of my bedroom open. “They aren’t giving up. They will certainly find him.” I wipe a tear off my already sticky face, my eyes concentrating on the dust twirling through the air. “I don’t
Emma“Where is my son?” Artemisa says, determined, the guards bearing their necks as she approaches the entrance of the hall with the cells. “I want to see my son.” It is funny to see how those huge guards cower as they show the way to Artemisia to reach her son’s cell. As it was pretty difficult
Emma“How are you feeling?” I sit still, my hands folded in my lap. It is still unclear how she will react when waking up and if she is really back to being herself. And only the Goddess knows how hard it was to make her mates wait outside the door to be able to talk to her in private and peaceful
Finnegan waves dismissively, leaving us observing him while holding our breaths. Apart from some murmurs now and then, there is total silence, and we can literally hear the heartbeats increase simultaneously. “Fynn!” Logan shouts when he has nearly reached Artemisia, and I scoot closer to Ace, loopi
Emma “You are touching me!” Ace raises a brow, looking at me as if I was out of my mind. “You can touch me!” I squeal, wiggling in his hold. “And I’m not turning to ashes.” “You will fall,” he growls, annoyed, increasing his grip around me as I smile up at him. I notice that he has his other ar
Emma “It’s funnier this way anyway… Right, babe?” Bile rises in my throat as Ace, or whatever is controlling him, gets my attention back on him.Ace has pushed his shifted arm right through the Judge’s chest, ripping his heart out and holding it towards me. The blood drips onto the ground, the da