Nina My heart dropped at the girl’s words. “Too merciful?” I asked. “What did I do to you to deserve any of this?” The girl merely shrugged. She seemed so nonchalant that it made me sick, but before I could say anything else, she suddenly looked at her watch. “Oh!” she said, grinning at me. “It l

Nina The last thing I saw before Selena shoved me through the portal was Enzo’s pained face staring back at me. Then, suddenly, I was back in my home realm. I was exactly where Edward had first taken me through the portal before, but before I could even collect my bearings, I was alerted by the so

Nina James and I quickly and quietly made our way through the abandoned little town. As we walked, keeping to the rapidly growing shadows, I couldn’t help but notice the occasional blood stain on the ground or torn bits of clothing. The most disturbing thing that I saw was a child’s teddy bear layi

Nina “If you’re only going to get in the way with that, then… I’ll have to kill you, too.” As James spoke, his voice was dark and sinister. He slowly backed me into a corner, leaving me nowhere to go. I felt a slight chuckle escape my lips, wondering if he was just joking… But he wasn’t. As I look

Nina I was jostled awake by a bump and a swaying sensation, followed by the feeling of a searing pain shooting through my leg and the sound of a car engine. I groaned as my eyes flickered open. “Oh! Honey, she’s awake.” “Hold on. I’m pullin’ over. Coast clear out there?” “Hmm… Mhm. I don’t see a

“Anyhoo,” Dan continued, “I heard there’s a safe zone just a little ways further north. This… disease, or whatever it is, spreads like wildfire. Just before the news stations went out, I saw that all of the towns in the nearest fifty-mile radius are crawlin’ with the Prowlers. I dunno if the rest of

Nina With the way that my leg was feeling, my journey across town was slow and painful. I didn’t seem to be healing anymore, since my wolf was too weak for some reason, so each step was agony. But I had to keep going. My friends were still out there somewhere and I needed to find the antidote and h

But I was finally here. I circled around, avoiding the cabins as I was certain that Crescents would be there. Even Lisa or Ronan, who I hadn’t seen so far, could be there, and for all I knew they may have been on high alert for me. But, as I remembered how they had taken not only Tiffany’s body but

Nina The antidote shined up at me like a beacon of hope from Tiffany’s medical bag. Even just while looking at it, I felt a few tears of joy begin to well up in my eyes — but the mission still wasn’t over. I needed to find my friends and cure them, then get everyone to safety. Once I finished that,

Enzo I hardly even had time to process what had just happened before the portal closed and Selena suddenly grabbed my arm, yanking me out of my stupor as she opened another portal nearby. “Come on,” she snarled as her nails dug into the skin of my arm. I felt so numb at this point that I couldn’t