Chapter 66 Chapter 66 SORIN I wake on my back, staring at the ceiling though it personally offended me. Alaric is draped over me. 55 voucher Not delicately. Not sweetly. He’s heavy–an arm thrown across my stomach, his thigh hooked over mine, his head pressed against my chest, a damn
Chapter 65 Chapter 65 WADE My jaw tightens until I feel a pulse jump along the side of it. I tell myself it’s irritation. Nothing more. It’s not nostalgia. Definitely not regret. I made my choices. I stand by them. But the silence in this room feels like it’s staring
Chapter 64 Chapter 64 WADE The banquet hall looks the same as it always has–polished floors, carved pillars, banners hanging perfectly symmetrical- but the air feels wrong the second I walk in. Too frantic. Too loud. Too fucking tight in my chest. Omegas scramble around the tables with their heads
Chapter 63 Chapter 63 Alaric drops the assassin’s body onto the floor like it’s trash someone forgot to take out. The sound hits the stone vidis die thud! I feel in my ribs. He’s breathing hard–controlled, maybe,, but the kind of controlled that tells me he’s one ich zway from
Chapter 62 Chapter 62 The dungeon is colder tonight. Maybe it’s just me, but the air feels tighter, like the stone walls soaked up all the screaming Camilla did earlier and it’s still vibrating somewhere under my skin. The torches along the corridor flicker weakly, barely pushing back the shadows.
Chapter 61 Chapter 61 Alaric’s voice hasn’t even fully settled in the air yet when my spine snaps straight. Cassian and I are still caught in that stupid handshake–our palms glued together like idiots frozen in a children’s game and as soon as my brain catches up to reality, 1
Chapter 60 Chapter 60 Dark. Not just dark–empty. I don’t feel floor, or air, or cold. Nothing touches me. My arms hang at my sides, but I can’t even tell if they’re moving when I breathe. It’s like my body lost its edges and I’m just… floating. “Hello p> My
Chapter 59 Chapter 59 Asilent answer, Impossibly Rosaline wheezes, gurgling, blood streaking down her chin. The elders swarm, shouting over each other. “It’s poison p> “By the Goddess, someone fetch a healer- “What was in the soup p> Camilla shoots to her feet so suddenly her chair topples behind her.
Chapter 58 Chapter 58 The bowl in my hand feels heavier now that every set of eyes in this damned room is glued to it. Camilla freezes, her face losing that smug pink tint she’s shown me earlier. Her hands twitch on the table, it’s as though she’s deciding whether
Chapter 57 Chapter 57 Damn it, here goes nothing. 485 55 vouchers “Wait! Don’t eat that!” I quickly walk over to the table, snatching away the bowl of soup in front of the envoy. “What?” The spoon he’s holding quickly falls down the table with a loud clatter and at
Chapter 56 Chapter 56 Chapter 56 SORIN 85 55 vouchers I breathe in and out. The smell of fear radiates off of me, and I swear I could see the smoke in the air. It’s not even December yet. The gates open, and so does the collective outrage of everyone
Chapter 55 Chapter 55 Five hours, a castle, and a whole lot of political bullshit. Bring. It. On. I’m fucked. Absolutely fucked. I inhale sharply, willing myself to settle the nerves twisting my stomach into knots. 85 55 vouchers Moonrise is hours away, and every second counts. Five hours. That’s
Chapter 54 EL 55 vouchers Chapter 54 The room is dead silent except for the sound vibrating out of Alaric’s chest–that low, brutal growl that makes the wooden chair beneath us shudder. “You are not meeting a man,” he repeats, voice gravel dragged across stone. I blink at him wondering
Chapter 53 Chapter 53 El 55 voucher p> Alaric’s lap is solid beneath me–and his hands are already exactly where I knew they’d go the second my ass touched him. The room–full of Elders, Alphas, advisors–goes dead silent. Perfect. Heat drags across my spine as his fingers flex against my
Chapter 52 Chapter 52 The palace is too damn quiet for how loud my heart is beating. Early sunlight spills through the tall arched windows, warm gold brushing across the marble though someone painted the world in honey. I walk down the hallway with, every step measured. Not because I’m
Chapter 51 55 vouchers Chapter 51 SORIN The moment Wade and Ariel walks past the halls, my entire body exhales. A subtle shift in the air less eyes glued to me as if I’m some shiny toy the King just unboxed. appears–less pressure, My thighs ache from sitting on Alaric’s
Chapter 50 Chapter 50 WADE The nurse walks in just as Ariel goes quiet, clipboard in hand, with all that cheerful professionalism is o badly need right now. “Alpha Thayer,” she says, smiling too brightly for a room that smells like antiseptic and smoke. “You’re lucky. Just a few surface
Chapter 49 CHAPTER 49 WADE The nurse walks in just as Ariel goes quiet, clipboard in hand, with all that cheerful professionalism Is o badly need right now. “Alpha Thayer,” she says, smiling too brightly for a room that smells like antiseptic and smoke. “You’re lucky. Just a few surface
Chapter 48 CHAPTER 48 CHAPTER 48 WADE I thought the blackness would swallow me whole. It doesn’t. I’m not dead yet. The first thing I feel is heat. Not the kind that warms your bones. The kind that bites. The kind that crawls up your throat and coats your lungs
Chapter 47 Chapter 47 WADE “Leave p> That bastard’s words echo in my skull long after we leave the execution grounds. They shouldn’t stick, but they do. The corridor leading to the royal guest wing is dim, narrow, stone walls sweating with the night’s damp. Torches burn low, throwing uneven