LOGIN“What do you want?” I snapped.Vivian pulled her head back. Then lifted her wrapped hand. “You are a healer, aren’t you? Or are you going to turn me away?”I sighed, knowing that she was right. Despite our past, it wouldn’t be right of me to turn away a clearly injured person. I’d made a vow when I
Ellie’s POVI’d been up the ridge since first light, so long that my hands had gone stiff and numb in my gloves an hour ago.I told myself I had only come up here, climbing the steep switchbacks that stretched up toward the peak, for the work. The clinic had a small storeroom of medicinal herbs, but
Dominic’s POVI had left Goldenveil a little before midnight and driven straight through the mountain pass. Bad weather slowed us down, snow and black ice coating the winding roads, lengthening our trip by nearly double. Night passed all too slowly, stopping only along the side of the road for a qui
“I knew about her before she ever came up this mountain,” she whispered. “Before Terence did, even. I have ears in places he doesn’t think to look. I tried to deal with it quietly. More than once. It should have been dealt with.” She turned the ring on her finger. “But the little healer has a way of
Vivian’s POVI watched Ellie go, my jaw so tight my teeth hurt.Typical.Months had passed since we’d last seen each other, and nothing had changed. I’d offered her a deal that could have saved us both a lot of trouble, but Ellie had always preferred the hard way, even when the easy way was sitting
Of course. Of course she was here. I couldn’t escape her in my last lifetime, and I couldn’t escape her in this one.I had to tell my father about her. And Dominic. He would already be home by now, but he needed to know before he wasted too many resources looking for her.Pushing away from the wall,
The place is packed, shoulder-to-shoulder bodies, dim lights pulsing in time with the bass, laughter mixing with the sugary smell of spiked drinks. Someone’s already spilled something sticky on my shoe. People are dancing, shouting, flirting, practically climbing the walls.And Vivian has been glued
Ellie's POVBefore I could leave school, I was summoned to the dean's office by his secretary. Her expression was apologetic but firm as she gestured for me to take a seat in one of the uncomfortable wooden chairs facing his mahogany desk."Miss Ellie," the dean began, shuffling through some papers
Ellie's POVEveryone around fell silent, not daring to speak. The usual chatter and laughter of the courtyard died away as all eyes turned to us. Students who had been walking by stopped in their tracks, sensing the tension in the air.Dominic's expression stayed neutral, but I noticed tension in hi
Dominic POVI come home from practice sore in places I didn’t know could still ache.My shoulders are tight, knuckles scraped, lungs burning like I didn’t quite finish breathing before I left the training ring. Usually that kind of exhaustion helps. Usually it quiets things.Tonight, it doesn’t tou







