LOGIN"Two hours. Have you told them yet?""This is war." She shrugged. "Also, Valerick can you pull George out of The Process?"A frown quickly spread through his face."Only for a little while, he has been through a lot with Mira's discovery."Zezi had been shocked with Mira's discovery to be George's child but that had been it, also that she was a vampire.That had been it.She didn't hate her for being what she was, neither did she hate George for anything.She was just surprised.Mira would always be her little pup no matter what.Her sweet baby.She would do anything to protect her.When she saw that Valerick's frown remained, her hand slipped to his neck, gliding over her mark that was imprinted on it. His body trembled slightly at the contact, as he fought the consequences of it that spread through his veins.He should take her
They would be back to being enemies in the morning.That was what Valerick and Zezi had agreed upon but up till this moment, they shared the same bed.They avoided anything that would lead to them having that conversation like a plague, and pretended that all was well between them.If they pretended well enough, maybe they would be the happy mates they were trying to be. The King and Queen of Lavida with a flawless union.If they just kept cuddling and kissing like this, maybe everything would be alright with the world... their world.But the illusion they had created for themselves could only last so long.There had been an almost quiet knock on the door and Valerick had to answer it. He came back in after a while and went straight to his laptop. He flipped it open and typed in some things, a deep frown etched into his face. He mumbled some words to himself, then looked up from the laptop, his face meetin
"Delice--" Laura reached out to her. Delice tried to escape her grip but she wasn't fast enough, neither was she stronger than Laura.In no time, Laura had her hand around Delice's neck, pinning her against the wall."You will listen to me.""I only ever listen to you.""And you will listen again.""Fuck!" That was Oliver, still at the mercy of the sex toy and the bondage Laura had put him in."What did you do to him?" Delice asked with polite disgust."He is fine, just on some sexual enhancement herbs I made.""I am so sorry, you are putting that to waste at the moment. Permit me to excuse you." As gentle and polite as Delice's words sounded, the anger in them was not hidden."You will stay and you will listen.""What other thing have you lied to me about? The extract? Is it Volakys'? Your brother was right, wasn't he? I am so stupid, I let my trust in y
The shovel hit the dark loose soil concealing the dead beneath, ripping the earth apart under the pouring, angry rain that declared its presence with thunder and lightning.Their robes stuck to their bodies, absolutely drenched but they didn't care.Delice's focus was on the grave, whatever she would find in the coffin was about to define everything.Finally, Akeem dragged the box out and he threw it open on her command.Oliver's scent sipped into the air, along with that of rotting flesh. She at first thought that it was strange that Laura hadn't taken measures to embalm his body but given the circumstances, that couldn't have been possible.Delice took a step back, already feeling terrible that she had defiled the grave of her best friend's mate because of some alcoholic delusional. Her eyes misted with tears and she blinked her tears away.Frozen, she watched."Should I seal the coffin back
"What? Did you just say--""Yes. Oliver is right---" When she turned back, there was only an empty space where Oliver had been. "---there.""Delice, are you alright?"That question almost drove her insane."I am alright. I just saw Oliver and I heard his voice right now. He was right there." The doubt in Laura's eyes made her itch in a way she couldn't describe. She rushed over to where she had seen Oliver, trying to find out if there was a secret passage around here, but she found none.She had seen him.She had seen him!"He was right here."Or was she seen a ghost? That was... impossible."What are you doing?" Laura's eyebrows sharpened with anger. "Are you trying to dig harder into my grief?"Something in Delice dropped and her shoulders slumped, as she took some steps closer to her broken friend."No, Laura I would never--"
The Meeting Ground was very scanty, only a selected few had been invited to this.The first thing Delice noticed when she got there was the fact that Zezi had not been invited."She is tightly occupied with her assigned duty." Laura had said when Delice had asked why she had been ousted from the meeting. "I find myself lucky. Honestly, to be rid of the presence of that dog gives me the utmost relief. I'm so glad her stench isn't sticking up the place." She had ended with a giggle as she clicked her claws against the bangles around her wrist.Laura didn't seem offended that they had not been spending a lot of time together as they used to, and neither did she seem like she was grieving her mate, Oliver, like she had seemed to be doing during the few times Delice had ran into her in the Castle.She must be handling his death really well.Poor, Laura. She wished to do more for her."Also, about the poison, we
Zezi's heart was pounding with regret as she ran up the stairs of the castle at an unfathomable speed.Why had she left to watch the execution in the first? She should have never left. She should have never convinced herself that she needed to be at the Execution for all the reasons she had thought i
The chaos raged on beneath, and then the chaos died.It raged on again, died again, still there in the darkness she remained. Zezi had stopped her clawing at the walls and her mad senseless banging to bring the barriers down, so she could save her daughter whose voice her enhanced hearing hadn't brou
"She is going to die."Delice shook off her confusion at Nicholas' previous words, and against her better judgment, she slit her palm open with a broken wine glass. It had been a long time since she had felt pain from simple cuts like this one, watched her blood flow, and felt drained. That was what
Valerick scanned the room as he stepped in before even a word would slip out of his mouth. Only his mate and the little one were there. Good, after his long day, she was the only one he wanted to come back to.Time for accountability."As one of my Turned, I had to feed Delice some of my blood so we w







