CassianI pace back and forth in my room. I’ve made the biggest mistake of my life… again! No one knows that Sebastian’s death was my fault in our past life. But in our last life, Maddox liked me and trusted me a bit more. He believed me when I told him that Sebastian had ill intentions, this time he is doubting me.I don’t know what I’m going to do. I want to hit a reset button.And, of course, she knew I would be feeling that way.Raven shows up out of nowhere and looks at me with a playful smirk on her lips as she says, “Hey there, how’d things go?”I roll my eyes and remark sarcastically, “Oh, it went fan freaking tastic! That’s why I’m in the same room as Charlotte right now and we’re finally consummating our relationship.”I sit on my bed with a huff and run my fingers through my hair before I ask, “Did it at least work?”Raven tilts her head to the side, her black her swaying as she does and says, “What do you think, Cassy?”The growl that rips from my chest sounds a lot harsh
CharlotteI want to scream, but I can’t. I want to call out through the mind link for Maddox to come save me, but it’s like I’m blocked from speaking to him.Raven pushes her arm in and grabs a fist full of my hair and yanks me out as she throws me to the ground. I cry out as she does this and then hear Cassian’s voice as he yells out, “What the hell is going on, Raven?”His footsteps hurry down the staircase and I turn to him and our eyes meet. He freezes upon seeing me and Raven says, “She knows, Cassian. She was spying on us.”I force words to come out of my mouth even though it feels like fear has a hold on me, “I didn’t hear anything, I swear.”Raven throws her hands up as she says, “Of course she’s going to tell you that! She doesn’t want you to know that she’s a little snoop. She’s going to tell Maddox and then what, Cassian?”His eyes move between the two of us, but he doesn’t come closer. He doesn’t try to help me off the floor and Raven spits out, “You know what we need to d
CharlotteSebastian looks me up and down and his eyes shine with concern and he asks, “Are you okay, Char?”I can’t move my eyes from him, it’s like I’m seeing a ghost. The longer I don’t answer him the more concerned he looks and he asks, “Charlotte, what’s going on?”I shake my head slowly as I snap out of my thoughts and say, “No-nothing. I’m sorry, Seb, I just had a nightmare.”He nods his head, but looks at me skeptically and says, “Yeah, okay. How are you feeling? Your birthday is only two days away. How do you want to celebrate?”My birthday… my birthday is in two days.Something isn’t right. This isn’t how it’s supposed to be, but I don’t know how things should be. I had another life, I know I did. But it seems fuzzy and far away.But in my other life, I was already 18, I already found my mate… or well mates, I was mated to Alpha Cassian and Alpha Maddox Stark, the infamous Stark twins. We had been together for a couple of years, life was mostly miserable, they were the cause
CharlotteMy entire day something just seems off. I don’t know how to explain it and I can’t exactly put my finger on it, but something about today is different.I feel like I’m going insane. I think that I died and have been rebirthed, but I’m doubting myself. Something about it… I don’t know. It just doesn’t sound like it could even be possible.All of my actions are normal, I do my chores, go to training, eat lunch, there’s nothing eventful going on. But… still.I’m so caught up in my thoughts that I don’t notice something sitting in the floor and I trip over it. Right before I hit the ground, a body comes in front of me and catches me. My eyes widen as I fall into the lap of Maddox Stark. The corner of his mouth twitches up into a smile as he asks, “Are you okay?”I slowly nod my head, staring into his eyes and suddenly, it all comes back.This isn’t my second chance at life… it’s my third.How is this possible?I push myself out of his arms as I remember the true monster that thi
CharlotteMy back is pressed against the cool tiles in our shower and my mate, Cassian, stands before me with a primal look in his eyes. He brings his head down to my neck and lightly bites on my mark, causing me to release a breathy moan.I can feel him smirk against my skin, happy to be a part of my undoing. But his body tenses as the door to our room opens and then the door to our bathroom. Maddox, my other mate and Cassian’s twin brother, grumbles, “We need to talk.”Cassian’s face falls onto my chest and he nips at my nipple before responding, “Kind of busy at the moment.”Maddox’s voice is stern as he says, “Now, Cassian.”Cassian’s eyes darken, showing his wolf’s presence, and I breathe out as he steps out of the shower. I glance up at Maddox and he nods to me in acknowledgement. Even though my whole body is on display, he respects me and Cassian enough to not linger. It’s Cassian’s day with me and he’s trying his best to respect that.But he and I both know that tomorrow, when
CassianThree more days… three more days! I could not be more excited about my dad finally retiring and giving me the Lightning Pack.He is planning to split the pack in two so that Maddox and I can have our own claim as Alpha on our own land. Maddox and I... we have a complicated relationship and the less amount of time we have to be around each other, the better. I sit across from my dad as we drink coffee. Maddox will join us any minute now.Dad smiles up at me and remarks, “I’m going to miss you joining me in here for coffee before our morning meeting with your brother.”I nod, “I will too.”Maddox doesn’t realize that this has been a routine for me and dad ever since I was a teenager. I know it would bother him, so I try not to make it too obvious how much time I spend with dad. He doesn’t realize that dad and I have something that bonds us together that he doesn’t have…He walks in the room and immediately his eyes narrow at me. Dad smiles as he says, “Morning, Maddox, ready to
CharlotteMine and Sebastian’s argument plays in my head on repeat.I don’t know what I’m going to do.I only have two days left before I turn 18 and Maddox and Cassian discover that I’m their mate.Sebastian refuses to come with me. I don’t understand why, it’s not like our lives are perfect here. We’re both slaves to the Alpha and Luna.We used to live at the Southern River Pack. We were close in age and have been best friends all our lives. When our pack got attacked, we worked together to hide and survive.The Lightning Pack came in too late. Our attackers were long gone and they looked over the shambles of our pack to find survivors.Our parents didn’t survive so when the Alpha and Luna found us they took us in and put us to work. They treat us well. We have a roof over our heads, food to eat, a place to sleep, and we have never been mistreated.But I was meant for more than being their assistant, cook, maid, whatever thing they needed!Truly, I was meant to be Luna. I’m supposed
CharlotteMy heart is racing as I rush up to my room and create as much distance as I can between me and the training grounds. When I enter my room I slam the door shut and lock it behind me. I place a hand on my heart as I will for it to slow down but it doesn’t. Out of nervousness I begin to pace back and forth; I have to calm down, I can’t calm down!I should’ve known I would never be able to escape Maddox and Cassian.Maddox knows.He called me ‘angel’ he always called me angel. He knew, they must’ve somehow brought me back and are testing me to see if I’d stay loyal to them.I breathe out, the thought is crazy. This whole situation is making me crazy. If Maddox knew who I was there’s no way that he would’ve let me go.No, he wouldn’t have. Maddox is fiery and passionate, and he would’ve taken me aside and made out with me and demanded that I spend more time with him because he can’t stand to be away from me. But… he didn’t do any of that. He must not know.I finally sit on the be