Hael’s P.O.V.The purr of the engine droned on and on, but the sound no longer swallowed my thoughts the way it used to. Once I started thinking about her—the blue-eyed beauty, the Princess with the soul of a monster—nothing short of a miracle could clear my head.Streetlamps drifted by their spotlights few and far between. I increased my pressure on the accelerator and watched as they blurred, their light a trail of gold in my rearview mirror.A shrill electronic beep filled the car, lasting but a few seconds before Cole’s annoying ass popped up on the screen. Accompanying his name was a picture he’d taken of himself during his last fight. Blood stained his forehead and drizzled from his split lip, but the grin on his face told me he’d never felt more alive than he did in that moment.I jabbed the answer button and waited for him to talk.Instead of hearing his voice, I picked up a fuck ton of background noise. Loud music blasted through my speakers, thundering from the sheer intensi

Violet’s P.O.V.I was flying, gliding through the air as it whisked me up and away. The air caressing my back, my arms, and my legs was soft. Its gentle whisper stroked my nerve endings the way a feather would caress a sensitive patch of skin.It felt incredible. Amazing. Euphoric.There was only one thing that could weigh me down but how could something as unimportant as Blaze matter when everything felt so good. All of those terrible emotions were below, down where the waves crashed against the rocky shore. As for me, I was up, up, up. Resting on a cloud of silk and daydreams, one so soft I found myself wanting to reach out and touch it, to feel it under my fingertips.Where my limbs once felt impossibly heavy, they were now the opposite. They were so light it brought a lazy smile to my face, followed by a string of giggles that morphed into iridescent bubbles as they slid past my lips.I reached out and ran my fingers over the cloud I floated on, marveling at how soft it was.“Fee

Hael’s P.O.V.How can a she-wolf who can’t even shift be this much trouble? I asked myself this question no less than three hundred times within the last half hour. This was after I plotted Lorenzo Santino’s murder. Waiting for Olive to get here with Violet provided me with ample time to mull things over.Perhaps, I should just sick Violet on Lorenzo. After what she did to Blaze, jamming that knife into his head hard enough to snap the metal in two, I was sure she’d come up with something equally as creative.Why exactly did that thought fill me with pride?Fuck. What was this girl doing to me?Before I hoisted her into my arms and felt the heavy curve of her breasts against my chest, I had to mentally steel myself. Our agreement meant I had access to her body. I had no interest in her heart.Just as I turned back toward the house with a cooing Violet tucked away in my arms, Olive’s voice rang out.“Can I talk to you really quick?”She might’ve phrased it as a question but the note o

Hael’s P.O.V.The second she tightened her grip on my hair, tugging until pain streaked across my scalp, I was a goner. Closer and closer she reeled me in, practically fucking swallowing me like I was more important than the air she needed to breathe.I’d never had someone react to me this way. Never. I was a killer, the son of an Alpha that ruled on fear. People wanted to get away from me, not come closer. Violet just kept coming back for more. An addict that couldn’t get enough, that needed hit after hit and still wasn’t satisfied.She began rocking her hips, whining into my mouth and shuddering with every pass she made as though the friction were burning her from the inside out. I nipped and sucked on her lips, her tongue, anything I could find, wanting more of the sweet fucking sounds she was making.She’s going to fucking kill me. There was a split second where she came up for air that gave me a chance to think clearly. I grabbed her hips once more, only this time intending to h

Violet’s P.O.V.Hael lifted a shoulder in a half-shrug. If I had the strength, I would’ve jumped from the bed and tried to strangle the truth out of him. “You’ll figure it out. In the meantime, you have some explaining to do with Elijah. I’ll see you in a few days.”Wait, what?“A few days? Are you going somewhere?”Hael stopped a foot from his bedroom door. His eyes were blank as he said, “I’m leaving on business, but I’ll be back in a few days.”There was something about the vacant tone of his voice that felt off.“What kind of business?” I couldn’t stop myself from voicing the question out loud, and immediately regretted it when his face twisted into a deadly sneer.“Don’t get things twisted, princess. This agreement between us does not give you a right to my personal life. Don’t forget your place.”Each cold word stung me, burrowing beneath my skin no matter how vehemently I told myself they didn’t matter. Without another word or look in my direction, Hael left. Alone, sitting in