Werewolf Academy Year Three - Jayme Morse Page 0,44

nice it will be to look up at the castle and know that you are completely going against your parents’ wishes for you.” His eyes locked on mine. “It will be the ultimate victory.”

Honestly? I hated the idea of getting married at North Lake. I hated knowing there was a possibility that my parents could look out the windows of one of the castle towers and see me getting married. Not only would they try to stop it, they would end up bringing me back to the Royal Palace where they would force me to get married to Milos Santorini.

It seemed so risky and like such a bad idea.

But how could I say no to the gorgeous stranger who was standing before me? He had rescued me from marrying a monster. I owed him everything.

It was more than just that, though. There was a part of me that didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity of marrying him at all. Even though I still hated the idea of being forced into a marriage, the idea of not having a chance with him at all sounded even worse than that.

So, I nodded. “I will marry you there tonight.”

“You helped me escape when I was Princess Fallyn,” I whispered to the stranger as we stood in Milos’s dungeon. “You wanted me to marry you in exchange for helping me escape.”

“So, you do remember me.” He sounded extremely surprised by the fact that I did. Even I was surprised that I remembered. I had tried numerous times to help spark memories from my past life, but this was the first time I had gotten to see any of that.

“Did we end up getting married?” I whispered. Here I was with four mates, and I had believed that I was single. Was it possible that I hadn’t been single at all? What if this entire time I had been married?

“You don’t remember?” There was a tone in his voice that told me he was amused.

“No.” I shook my head.

“Do you feel like we are married?”

“I still don’t know your name.” I racked my mind for a name that could have been attached to this familiar voice, to the face that I could now picture in my mind, but I just couldn’t seem to think of a name.

“That’s because you never knew my name. The answer is no, we never married. You didn’t show up for what would have been our wedding.”

“I didn’t?” My eyes widened.

“Nope.”

“Huh.” I wondered what could have happened in between the time my memory ended to that night that had prevented me from marrying this beautiful stranger. But I had no idea what could have possibly happened.

“Yeah, you never help up to your end of the deal,” he replied. “But here I am, about to offer you another favor.” His voice sounded closer, and I was pretty sure his mouth was right against my ear as he whispered, “I’m going to help you escape again.”

“In exchange for another favor?” I found myself asking.

“Actually, this one is out of the goodness of my heart,” he whispered. “Now quiet. Iris is about to walk down these stairs any minute. She’s planning to shoot you. I need to get you out of here without her figuring us out. Are you ready to do this?”

I nodded. At that moment, I heard the sound of the door to the dungeon opening. He hadn’t been wrong. Iris really was headed down here.

“Raven,” I heard her say. “I have a special treat for you today. It’s going to be the last day of your life. It’s going to be so much fun. Milos is gone. He won’t even know what we’re up to down here.”

A moment later, I heard the sound of a gun being fired. It was loud and close enough to nearly make me jump out of my skin.

Holy. Shit.

This stranger had really not been kidding. I wasn’t sure how he had known, but Iris really did plan to kill me.

“Ready?” he whispered.

I nodded, just as Iris came into view. Even through the darkness, I could see that her gun was pointed right at me. If she pulled the trigger right now, she would have hit me.

I felt a cool breeze as something was draped over me. I watched as my arms and legs were invisible and then a cloud of smoke as it encircled us as we were whisked away.

Just as we were being pulled out of the room, I heard the sound of