“Do you think we did something wrong?” Safira has her head on my shoulder and she’s grinning. I can’t tell if it’s from the fact that I'm allowing her to be this close or if she’s genuinely delighted at what is unfolding before our eyes. I look at them and grimace. “They seem to have made up well enough, so if anything i’d say we did a good thing” “You don’t really believe that, do you?” I take one look at Adelaide and Rhys, at the smiles on their faces and how he’s staring at her like she’s the world, and the answer slips from my lips unnoticed. “No. I think we might have aided something unlikely.” We watch as they both interact for a while. Rhys regained consciousness early this morning and while he refused to look at me, it seems he could remember every other thing he did last night.He bolted out of the room we had to move him into, and though I suspected he might have gone to find Adelaide, I didn’t want to believe it. I guess I'm the one who looks like a total fool now be

We don’t ride much before we get to the first town. Rhys has a cloak over his face, the same deep green hue that his clothes are and I expect that I'll be given a cloak too, but I never get one. A cloak is the least of my worries. I look around and my eyes are wide open in fascination. Cain wasn’t lying when he said there was not a speck of technology here. I peer at stone huts and brick walls, structures made of mud and hay, and just a general lack of anything remotely modern. “Wow.” The town is deserted as we pass through but I notice wooden windows being opened just a bit. I catch eyes of every color widen when they see me and widen even more when they land on the rider of our horse. Rhys is an imposing form behind me, and I try not to lean into him too much. I would have been comfortable sitting at the back, but Rhys said sitting this way would get the right rumors to spread faster. Before we even get to the capital, rumors should have announced our arrival. I chuckle at th

“I’m sorry, what?” The male in front of the group turns to look at me and he chuckles. “I said it was fucking easy to capture you. Got a problem with that?” For a split second I consider telling him he’s a dumb fuck who can’t see past his less-than-stellar capture of two people because we practically gave ourselves in. But I remember there are three of them and two of us and Rhys is currently knocked out so he’s not going to be of any help if I start a fight. I sigh instead and look at the floor as it rolls on in front of me. I raise my head up. “Where are you taking us?” The blonde-haired male rides forward and stops at my side before smirking. “A very special place. Maybe there, you can see past the charms the Lycan king has used on you and finally become enlightened.” Confusion muddles my brain and I let it show but the blond male just chuckles and rides past. We’re in the woods now. I’m on my belly, my arms and legs having been roped together around the horse and my head

They take me to the sea.I don’t know why I thought that was out of the realm of possibility, but I guess I expected them to be smarter.The ebb and crash of the tides as it assaults the sand almost mimic the beating of my heart.What next?I shouldn’t be asking myself that question but I do because what next?We’re here, they’re here with me, they’ll get down and use me on this beautiful beach. Forcefully because I don't want them, so what exactly had I expected to achieve by having them bring me here?“It’s pretty isn’t it?”I don’t realize it’s not Rhys who’s speaking until it’s too late and I've nodded my head. The blond Atreau chuckles and leans in closer to me on his horse.“It’ll look even prettier after we fuck you out of your senses.”If this is meant to make me feel aroused then it’s not working. I feel cold inside.Kronik is the one who grabs me first. The moment his hands yank me off the horse, I fall into him and feel his hands riding up my thigh. His fingers leave littl

My head aches. Fuck. The sound of the carriage as it rolls on almost deafens me because for some reason, everything is so loud. My heart feels like it’s running a race of a thousand miles right now and with the way it’s pounding, I don't know what to think. Am I dying? “Cain?” My eyes fly open and my hand stills halfway to my head. “Cain, are you okay in there?” “Safira?” “Yes, it’s me. What the fuck Cain?” My head sends another lash of pain through my brain and I grit my teeth against it. Fuck, why does my head hurt so much? “Cain, are you listening to me? Do you at least have an explanation for what has happened?” I turn my brain upside down for one of those explanations but I can't find anyone. “Safira, can you tell me what happened first? I can’t remember a thing.” “Well, you better. Lyros has gone ahead of us and he’s on his way to the capital.” I consider that information for a while before nodding. “It’s not strange that he would do something like that. Why are