VICTORIA

I always dreamed of living a life full of adventure, thrilling danger, and a love that would blow my mind... and my panties.

Well, good news—I got exactly that.

Not only did I end up in a place full of conflict and wild stories waiting to happen, but I also found the man who would flip my whole world upside down.

Okay… two men at first, but that’s a story for another time.

What really weighed on my soul, though, was how much I missed my family—my parents.

And believe me, I was doing everything I could to find a way to reach them.

I even tracked down a suspicious tunnel that looked like it might lead somewhere.

But those idiot vampires blew it up with magic while fleeing from our hunt.

So, I had no choice but to keep digging for answers.

And in the meantime, while looking for a portal, I could just keep slowly torturing the one victim I had right at hand.

That proud, untamable lycan.

*****

I walked through the dim hallways toward his office.

A tray with a snack in my hands, an