Chapter 12: DiscoveriesRowan              “This better be good, Tristan. I have something important to do.”              Tristan crooks a brow at my irritated tone. “I’m sorry for interrupting you, your highness, but I thought you might be interested in what we discovered.”              Rubbing my bare neck, I take a deep breath and face my brother. Is it weird that it’s natural to consider him my brother now? “Okay, fine. Tell me what you found.”              Tristan gestures for me to follow him through the Halo’s basement. “Okay, so two things.” He says as soon as we step into a sterilized medical examination lab. The cr

Chapter 14: Now I knowRowan              I look down at Jules’ still form as thoughts run through my mind. I didn’t know what to do after she passed out, so I brought her back to my place.              She looks so peaceful lying in the middle of my bed. Thankfully, I was able to stop the bleeding. But not before I got a taste of her blood. Now, I’m one-hundred percent sure that Jules is my mate. After tasting the sweet ambrosia that runs through her veins, there’s no doubt that she’s mine. Other than the fact that it looks like someone shot her with some kind of poisonous bullet, I also noticed that the knife she produced is the same one I found near one of the dead creatures. I stopped the blood using the coagulant in my saliva, which would have probably grossed her out if she had been conscious. Tha

               “I don’t know what I am, Ro.” She whispers after a couple of seconds. “Since prom, I’ve woken up in the middle of the forest with a knife in my hand, and I have no clue how I got there or where the knife came from. All I know is that I’ve been killing monsters, and I’d get these terrible migraines afterward. About a week ago, I went to my father’s clinic for some tests and stumbled upon something that made me suspicious. After that, my powers seemed to sharpen, and I was able to consciously use my abilities while I was awake. It was the first time that I could control it. Last night, I was at my dad’s institute because they were going to run a sleep test on me, but something occurred, and it was postponed.”              A guilty pang strikes me again, but I don

Chapter 18: I didn’t know thatRowan              As soon as I get to the Halo, I head to Tristan’s office. He is sitting behind his desk, tapping away at his laptop, which seems mundane, considering that he’s a very powerful vampire.              His eyes hone in on mine as soon as I stop near his desk, and his brow furrows with consternation. “Where the hell have you been, Ro? I’ve been calling and texting all night.”              “Sorry, bro, I’ve been busy doing some sleuthing.”              He arches a brow. “And what exactly have you found?”            

Rowan              It doesn’t take us long to get to the witch’s house. Thankfully, she lives ten minutes away.              I have to admit, Evian is not quite what I expect a witch to look like. I mean, over the past couple of years that I’ve worked with Azazel and our Halo, I’ve run into several witches, but I can honestly say that Evian is nothing like them. For starters, she doesn’t wear quirky hippy dresses or spout about nature, and she doesn’t dress like an emo goth. No, Evian is a station wagon-driving, cardigan-wearing soccer mom. Her house has a white picket fence, for goodness sake.              Her short blond bob rustles with the breeze, and her pale skin glows as she leads us to her greenhouse. “So, Azazel sent