Chapter 87 ASHES AND ABSENCE
DEREK’S POV
Amber’s absence clung to me like smoke I could not shake, thick in my lungs, heavy in my chest, and sharp in every thought. I slept little and ate less, my hands always twitching, my mind always turning to where she might be, who she might be with.
Every sound made me flinch, every shado...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 UNKNOWN SAVIOR
2. Chapter 2 FIND A MATE
3. Chapter 3 MEETING HIM
4. Chapter 4 FEAST ON ME
5. Chapter 5 KISSES AND TALES
6. Chapter 6 YOUR TRUE COLORS 
7. Chapter 7 LIKE BLADES OF STEEL
8. Chapter 8 SHE'S NOT MINE
9. Chapter 9 TO END THE PAIN
10. Chapter 10 HER OR TORTURE
11. Chapter 11 NAUSEA AND DEVASTATION
12. Chapter 12 ONE LUCID DREAM
13. Chapter 13 HE FOUND OUT
14. Chapter 14 HER OR NOTHING
15. Chapter 15 OUT OF MY HANDS
16. Chapter 16 BOLD AND DEFIANT
17. Chapter 17 HADES IN FLESH
18. Chapter 18 HER BODY ON MINE
19. Chapter 19 THIS SHOULDN'T HURT
20. Chapter 20 KEEPING HIM AWAY
21. Chapter 21 SPARKLE WITH TEARS
22. Chapter 22 DRAWN TO HER
23. Chapter 23 HER DEATH THREAT
24. Chapter 24 FEEL HIS BREATH
25. Chapter 25 SHE'S ENCHANTING
26. Chapter 26 CAN'T LOSE HER
27. Chapter 27 A DATE TO REMEMBER
28. Chapter 28 I'LL KILL HIM
29. Chapter 29 OVER MY DEAD BODY
30. Chapter 30 STRIPPED AND BROKEN
31. Chapter 31 FURY IN HER EYES
32. Chapter 32 CLAIMED ONCE AGAIN
33. Chapter 33 I'LL DO ANYTHING
34. Chapter 34 FAST AND SLICK
35. Chapter 35 CROWN HER LUNA
36. Chapter 36 THEY'LL NEVER ACCEPT ME
37. Chapter 37 TWO FLAMES, ONE AMBER
38. Chapter 38 TWO FLAMES, ONE AMBER II
39. Chapter 39 TROUBLE IN PARADISE
40. Chapter 40 LOSING BOTH OF THEM
41. Chapter 41 LOVER, PROTECTOR, OR BOTH
42. Chapter 42 FRIENDS, LOVERS, OR BOTH
43. Chapter 43 RISKING HIS LIFE
44. Chapter 44 LOVE OVER LOYALTY
45. Chapter 45 EVIL DOESN'T COMPARE
46. Chapter 46 WHIPLASH
47. Chapter 47 ACT AMBER, DON'T THINK
48. Chapter 48 MENTAL UNREST
49. Chapter 49 HOLDING HIM
50. Chapter 50 EUPHORIA
51. Chapter 51 MUTUAL DISGUST
52. Chapter 52 GRIEF
53. Chapter 53 STRESS ON REPEAT
54. Chapter 54 PARTIAL INSANITY
55. Chapter 55 SO YOU’RE HIS EX
56. Chapter 56 I'M BACK
57. Chapter 57 HIS SECOND CHOICE
58. Chapter 58 SIMPLY RADIANT
59. Chapter 59 TELEPATHICALLY PREGNANT
60. Chapter 60 CHAOS IN VALHALLA
61. Chapter 61 CONTROL OVER INSTINCTS
62. Chapter 62 LEARN YOUR PLACE
63. Chapter 63 SO TIGHT
64. Chapter 64 THE DISTANCE I KEEP
65. Chapter 65 THE KINDNESS THAT HURTS
66. Chapter 66 ROT BEHIND THE CROWN
67. Chapter 67 WHERE HIS ANGER RESTS
68. Chapter 68 THE THINGS I DON’T SAY
69. Chapter 69 FRACTURES BENEATH THE ARMOR
70. Chapter 70 Tradition and Temptation
71. Chapter 71 A FRAGILE JOY
72. Chapter 72 BENEATH THE LANTERN SMOKE
73. Chapter 73 HIS EYES ON ME
74. Chapter 74 CALM BEFORE THE STORM
75. Chapter 75 HE REFUSES TO SAY
76. Chapter 76 FANGS BENEATH THE SMILE
77. Chapter 77 NOT ALL THREATS SNARL
78. Chapter 78 DANGER MOVES QUIETLY
79. Chapter 79 WHAT POWER DEMANDS
80. Chapter 80 FINDING THE BALANCE
81. Chapter 81 THE ESCAPE PLAN
82. Chapter 82 A BUILDING RESENTMENT
83. Chapter 83 WORDS THAT BREAK
84. Chapter 84 WHERE I BELONG
85. Chapter 85 NOWHERE TO FIND HER
86. Chapter 86 THE FATAL PRICE
87. Chapter 87 ASHES AND ABSENCE
88. Chapter 88 BLOOD BEFORE DAWN
89. Chapter 89 THE FIRST STRIKE
90. Chapter 90 SHADOWS IN FLIGHT
91. Chapter 91 EDGE OF WAR
92. Chapter 92 ZONE OF THUNDER
93. Chapter 93 WHAT I LOST
94. Chapter 94 A LOVE LOST
95. Chapter 95 ACROSS THE BARRIER
96. Chapter 96 A LETTER THROUGH
97. Chapter 97 NO MORE DISTANCE
98. Chapter 98 WHEN HEARTS CHOOSE
99. Chapter 99 MARKED BY FATE
100. Chapter 100 ANGER MEETS FURY
101. Chapter 101 WHEN RAGE COLLIDES
102. Chapter 102 SHATTERED BREAKING POINT
103. Chapter 103 WAR BREAKS LOOSE
104. Chapter 104 WAR LEFT SCARS
105. Chapter 105 AFTER HEAVY LOSS
106. Chapter 106 MISERY AT ITS PEAK
107. Chapter 107 FRACTURED ALPHA’S BURDEN
108. Chapter 108 CROWN OF ASHES
109. Chapter 109 A CALL TO HER
110. Chapter 110 WHAT WAS LEFT
111. Chapter 111 THE UNKNOWN ROAD
112. Chapter 112 A NEW WAY
113. Chapter 113 NO GOING BACK
114. Chapter 114 INTIMACY WITH HIM
115. Chapter 115 A HARD PATH
116. Chapter 116 LINES ALREADY DRAWN
117. Chapter 117 CRACKS IN TRUST
118. Chapter 118 TRYING TO RECONCILE
119. Chapter 119 AT A CROSSROAD
120. Chapter 120 BLOOD BOUND UNION
121. Chapter 121 TRYING TO SETTLE
122. Chapter 122 QUIET SHARED GROUND
123. Chapter 123 DREAMS CARRY WARNINGS
124. Chapter 124 A NEW THREAT
125. Chapter 125 A BAD DREAM
126. Chapter 126 TENSIONS ON EDGE
127. Chapter 127 SILENT PACK CHOICE
128. Chapter 128 GOLDEN MOON MANIPULATOR
129. Chapter 129 SOUL, RULER OF VALHALLA
130. Chapter 130 SHADOWED WAR ARCHITECT
131. Chapter 131 AFTER A HOWL
132. Chapter 132 A DISTRESSING STATE
133. Chapter 133 THE SECOND ULTIMATUM
134. Chapter 134 A NEW START
135. Chapter 135 TAKEN ON ROAD
136. Chapter 136 A DISTRESSING STATE
137. Chapter 137 BLOOD AND SILENCE
138. Chapter 138 SHATTERED AND BURNING
139. Chapter 139 WORSE THAN DEATH
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