ana

d in my skull.

ing with the freezing rain. The physical pain grounded me. It was a familiar anchor. Whenever my mother had locked me in the c

blocks. He ran across the rug and threw his

looked up and snapped his fingers. A nanny in a gray un

airs to bed,"

laining child into her arms and dis

ng only Ivan and Kiera. The air between t

rrowing as she looked at Ivan over the rim. "You're spending an awful lot of time plan

grabbed the crystal glass out of her hand, and slammed it down on

sofa, pinning her beneath his weight. "I have never touched

" Kiera challenged,

ed. "They want a pureblood healer as Luna. Aliana is n

n his shirt. "And the merger cere

holds the patent for the cell regeneration serum. It's worth billions. The moment she s

what if her parents find out? Richard and Eleanor are ruthle

hed. The sound bounced off the hi

handed her to me. Richard and Eleanor are getting a thirty percent

them. "How do you think I paid for this house? Her parents bought this vi

but I didn't feel the electricity. Th

nts. My

ays ago, her cold hands surprisingly gentle. *'You are

ved. I swallowed down th

t. She simply laid down in the dark and went completely,

e in my trench coa

grinding against my hip bone. In the dead quiet

d directly onto the gap in the curtains. He pushed

ouch, my knees splashing into the freezing mud. I scrambled ba

b onto the volume button, killing the vibration. My

ting for the front do

e could reach it, Kiera grabbed his tie. She yanked him backward, pulling his mouth down to her

all of the house, my lungs burnin

screen of my phone. The har

rom Ivan. Sent

reen open and r

aling with rogue wolves. Do