“I’m not judging you. I just want to understand.” Fuck, I couldn’t breathe. My body was one big knot, tightening with every breath I attempted to take. Tearing myself from his grip, I stormed over to the window and fumbled with the lock, hastily yanking it open. I sucked in breath after breath, but
I peeked out the window, my eyes peering through the glass for a fraction of a second. My heart fell to my stomach. I spun, pressing my back to the wall where I could no longer be seen. There were over a dozen of them. Men dressed in all black, their heads topped with helmets, framed with a dark vi
Nox’s P.O.V.The ringing in my ears was so painful I almost wished I had passed out. It was a shrill sound, like a drill piercing a metal slab, the metal grinding against the stone until even my gums ached. One good thing was that it drowned out the question playing in my head on repeat.Why?Lilac
Lilac took one long look at the house, at the flames eating their way up to the moon, and nodded. When she turned back around her shoulders were pulled back, her eyes completely empty. Every hue of moss and earth had been wiped away, leaving only shadow behind. She wasn’t the girl I had spent over
Lilac’s P.O.V.I’d been channeling my inner race car driver when I saw the wolf burst from the forest line.Stay positive, my mother had always told me. The massive, ferocious looking wolf wasn’t after Nox and I at all. It was on it’s way to the dog park, ready to chase the pretty golden retrievers
“I’m going to need you to stand.” He instructed.My eyes snapped open to see the rope he somehow had attached to part of the cliff wall, through the shattered windshield. There were inches between the rope and the jagged frame of glass that remained attached to the van, but it was our only option.
Lilac’s P.O.V.“You’re alive. How?” I scanned her head-to-toe as she explained how she and Hakeem had stepped outside to talk last night, only to see the masked men pull up to the house. There hadn’t been enough time for them to rush back inside, leaving them with no choice but to flee into the for
“I knew you’d be interested.” She chuckled. “You need a vial of his blood. It can be a drop, but it has to be worn around your neck to work.”It now made sense why she said it wouldn’t be easy. Getting Nox’s blood would be a feat in itself. I could always wait until someone else attacked us, but who