When I heard Marcy had been fired from the diner for showing Ember, a Fae, kindness by giving her a free pie, I immediately approved her request to become an apprentice to the pack doctor. Teenager or not, the kid had ambition, and while others in the pack were closed-minded and didn’t want anything
EMBER I bit back a laugh as Alec caught my eye. He waved toward his chin, signaling me to lift mine before he strutted into the dungeon like it was a runway. “The hell?” Dex mumbled before shaking his head in amusement. “Never seen him walk like that before.” Dex had warned me that he wanted m
Dex shrugged. “Humor me.” Her lips pressed together as she debated it but eventually stuck her hands through the bars for the guard to put the shackles on her wrists. “You’re right. It would be better if you and I went somewhere alone to talk.” Alone? I wanted to laugh at her delusional thought
“How could you do this to Paige?” Caroline screamed, “She is rolling in her grave knowing that you betrayed her with a Fae!” “That is enough, Caroline.” Dex snapped, but the woman didn’t hear him. She knew she was getting to him, and I didn’t know how to calm him without stepping out of line. He di
DEX “Clear the room.” I snapped, and the guards made their way to the door. I knew they would find themselves on the other side of the double-sided glass wall where Nolan, Alec, and Thea were sure to be watching. It wouldn’t surprise me if other pack members heard about their Beta being interroga
“Dex! You have to believe me! Jensen is lying! He is behind all of this!” Caroline walked forward until the chain stopped her, rubbing her throat as she flashed her wide, puppy-dog eyes. “She’s been blackmailing me,” Jensen explained. Caroline pulled her leg back before kicking forward again. Wh
“And you thought the best solution would be to make everyone think Dex had done it?” Ember asked, disbelief thick in her tone. “He was starting to wake up, and it was my only choice. I grabbed a handful of the dirt beneath him that he had been bleeding on and sprinkled it around her.” Jensen’s voi
EMBER I gasped as Dex crashed into me, the impact sending me to the floor. His warm body was on top of mine, shielding me from her attack, and I cried out as the heavy metal of a chain hit the top of my head before Dex was pulled away. My hand instinctively flew to my hairline, covering the stin