Somehow in our sleep, we tangled ourselves together, so I can barely figure out where he starts and I end. After a little bit of struggling, I manage to get my legs untangled from his and then I slip out from underneath his arm. I stretch my arms above my head and smile up at them, free from Came...
I’m trying to keep as upbeat as I can even after my little meltdown last night. I didn’t really mean to almost cry last night in the tent, but then he started talking about how he was going up to Star Grove for his mom’s birthday. He never told me he was, which stung a little. But the worst part ...
Monarch says, his voice a whisper, so far away. “This is important. Are you listening?” “Yes,” I reply in a hollow tone as fog dances around me. “Good, now I need you to remember, when the time is right,” he rushes his words, fearful of not having enough time. “I need you to remember that the ans...
I wonder if he’s been keeping things from me and then I remember that it’s Alex, so of course he is. “Why is he here for you?” I hiss, gripping onto his hand. “Because it’s time for Alex to pay a debt to me,” Draven responds in deep voice that sends a chill down my spine. Angling my neck back...
Purple walls and glass counters surrounded me. I was back at Adessa’s. I’d made it. I wasn’t dead. My skin was dry. My feet were planted firmly to the checkerboard tile. The Foreseer’s Crystal Ball was cupped in my hand. “Ah!” I shrieked and dropped the ball. It hit the ground hard, causing it t...
Callie and I are climbing down the cliff. As I help her to the bottom, she bites at her bottom lip, stumbling back against the rocks, looking nervous as hell. With my eyes locked on her lips, I place my hands on the rocky wall, so her head is trapped between my arms. Her body trembles as I tip ...
There’s a cup of coffee steaming beside his hip. He’s wearing faded jeans, no shirt, and the sun highlights the definitions in his bare chest. There are remnants of my bite marks on the base of his throat. The flames of the Keeper’s mark ripple with the movement of his muscles as he stands to gre...