LOGIN“It’s okay,” I say, trying to reassure him with a smile he knows is false. If he couldn’t already read it on my face, I know he can feel my unease through our bond. It’s so hard for me to lie here still.Doing nothing.“Maybe you could try talking to her?” Alexander suggests.I glance at her face, w
EvelynI want to be sitting in the empty chair next to Emma’s bed. Dr. Zorinski told me to stay horizontal in my bed, and I nodded, completely intending to ignore her instructions once she was out of the room.But she knows me too well.“Evelyn,” she said, “listen to me. You and your baby are safe,
EvelynThe restraint that Alexander displayed in wolf form was monumental.I rushed out of the tent when his roars approached, and I watched as he tore through the temporary camp. I watched as he sent tents flying—but didn’t touch a single werewolf.Lucas grabbed me and started to run, but the snarl
EvelynThe first blow is so quick and shocking that I’m down on the ground before I fully process that Lucas punched me. Not a slap even. A closed-fist sucker punch to the face.Strangely, my first thought is to avoid the nearby pile of my own puke.Maybe it’s that trivial concern that gives Lucas e
EvelynThe nausea starts to trickle in halfway through the Royal City.Lucas, Emma, and I are at the front of the rebel company now. We realized as soon as we crossed the bridge that another battle might break out in the streets between the rebels and the lycans trying to protect their homes.So the
We make our way to the end of the off-shoot toward the main hallway. The sound of clanging metal and screams gets my wolf’s attention. She wants me to shift.Wants to fight.Wants to defend her people. Lycan and werewolf alike.But I hold her back. Lucas still has a silver knife to Emma’s throat.Th
EvelynThe Annual Celebration Ball is a roller coaster of emotions.From the moment Alexander and I locked eyes, the entire party seemed to fade away as he approached me like a magnet coming home. Emma told me something then, though I wasn’t really listening, all my senses focused on the increasing
Obviously, I heard the terrible things she said firsthand, so I know there’s nothing false about this made up report. By the way Sophia blanches next, I think she understands as much.“Yes, Your Highness,” she’s barely able to whisper.I send her back to the banquet, hoping she leaves Evelyn alone.
EvelynEmma gives me one of the four spare bedrooms on her floor, one of the rooms I didn’t have time to explore when she was with Alexander. It has a balcony that opens up to the gardens. With some sort of rope, I could climb down it without anyone knowing.Except that the King’s palace is encircle
AlexanderI straighten the cuff of my suit as I scan the crowded hall. I’ve barely had the patience to chat with a few ministers tonight. More recently, people have begun to approach me only to not-so-discreetly change course upon noticing my grave demeanor.I’m not actively trying to scare people o







