'I've waited a thousand years for a flighty absolute mess of a human,' He growled. Demetri thanks the gods he's a tracker. Unfortunately for his mate, the 21 year old free-spirited hot mess Delphia Payne, she can't get away from him. He's caught her and he's never letting her go. Mildly AU. Hiatus/Rewriting

They loved their games, but I could play with the best of them. I never thought that I would become trapped in a world so dark and somehow find light, but that's exactly how this game panned out. I found myself enamored by his presence and he in mine. We were risking everything.

CoB AU: Jocelyn Morgenstern gave birth to a second child, her daughter, before she betrayed Valentine and The Circle, and when she fled the Shadow World she also left both children behind in fear of what her husband's experiments had done to them. Now, sixteen years later, Valentine sends his daughter to New York City to retrieve the Mortal Cup from her mother.