LOGINMira's POVAlyssa's mouth opened. Nothing came out."Because from where I'm standing," Damon said, stepping inside without waiting to be invited, "the only person in this kitchen making accusations without evidence is you." His voice was level. Almost bored. The way someone with real authority speak
Mira's POVIt wasn't possible.I lay in bed staring at the ceiling, the laptop shut on the desk like a box I'd sealed something dangerous inside.Vampire hybrid. The idea was absurd. There had never been a single documented case of a vampire and a shifter having a child. Not one in recorded history.
Mira's POVThe stairs were the only way up, and Alyssa was planted right in the middle of them."What are you talking about?" I kept my voice even. Tried to."Your little interview today." Alyssa leaned against the bannister, arms still folded. "The way you kept tugging your earlobe. The way you loo
Damon's POVI got in the car.It was warm inside. The seats were dark leather, the dashboard all soft-lit dials and quiet electronics. It smelled faintly of something cold and clean underneath — cedar, maybe, or just the way vampires smelled when the air was still. I buckled my seatbelt, set my bag
Damon's POV"Hello to you too, Father.""Don't." His voice could have frozen the line. "A wolf. You're on every feed in the territory kissing a wolf. Have you completely lost your mind?"I leaned against the brick wall of the auditorium building, phone to my ear, and let him stew. The boys stood in
Okay. It was fine. It was acting. That's all it was.Damon's POV"All right," Felix said the second we went through the door to a small seminar room. "What in the world was that?""You're not actually doing this." Nikolai's voice was flat. Disbelieving. "Tell me you're not actually dating a wolf."I
Mira's POVTwo months ago, Jason Reed was my boyfriend. Now he had his tongue down my sister's throat, and she wanted me to watch.I stood in the doorway of the classroom, bag over one shoulder, and waited for the twist in my stomach to pass. It didn't.Jason saw me and pulled back, and the tips of
Mira's POVProfessor Blackwood nearly came off the stage."Well, now!" He didn't even try to contain himself — he clapped his hands together and practically bounced on his heels. He didn't need to ask Damon anything. His eyes were already on me. "And what are you, young lady?"The whole auditorium w
Mira's POVThere was no way out of it.Damon Voss had just invited me onto his lap in a packed auditorium, and if I said no — if I stood there and refused him in front of all these people — that would be the story. Not the lecture. Us. The wolf girl who turned down the Lord's son.So I sat.I perche
Mira's POVMy afternoon classes were in the south building — shifter-heavy, no vampires, no one who'd seen the cafeteria performance. For two hours I was just Mira again. I took notes on pack governance structures. I ate a granola bar from the bottom of my bag. I breathed.I'd changed into a plain b







