“Let me talk to him,” I burst out. “Let me speak to him. He probably misunderstood everything because of your altered voice. If I call for help, if he knows it’s me, he’ll come. He will come for sure.” I can hear the desperation in my voice and panic crawls up my throat. I realize with shocking cla

I will not die here. A new determination grips me. I will get out of this alive. Something inside me hardens. I will save myself tonight. I spur into action. I rip the hem of the dress I wear and use the tattered cloth to cover my mouth and protect myself from the smoke. I back into the only c

Distractions. My eyes narrowed at her at the word. For her own good, she better not be speaking about my wife. Just the idea of being mates with Rowena felt false. Wrong, somehow. Like, it didn’t make sense. She had brought it up before, playing with the idea, taunting me with it but every day I sp

“You are an accomplice in that crime!” I snap at her, unable to stand her face for a second longer. “Forgive me, please. Forgive me.” She breaks into sobs again and I grit my teeth against the rage that fills me. “Get out.” I tell her, from between clenched teeth. I sigh deeply once she leaves. T

I told them how we just weren’t right for each other and could no longer be together. It hadn’t gone well and despite my shielding them from the truth, they had already created a bias against Micah, convinced that he did something wrong. “I can’t believe Micah would turn out like this. I liked him