Read An Excerpt From ‘Cherish’ by Tracy Wolff

We’re thrilled to be sharing an excerpt from Tracy’s Wolff Cherish, which is the next book in the instant NYT bestselling Crave series that’s become a global phenomenon!

Read on to discover the synopsis and an excerpt before it releases on May 30th!

It’s been over three months since my friends and I took down Cyrus. Three months where my biggest fear was what paper was due next… But I should have known it was too good to last. Now everything is falling apart.

The Vampire Court has no king, the Dragon Court has no heart, and the Gargoyle Court has me—a teenager in way over her head. And it’s the worst possible timing, because a threat is brewing just as the Circle is collapsing.

I have no choice but to return to the Shadow Realm and face the terrifying queen who nearly ended us…and make a deal with her to save Mekhi. But this time, I’m bringing my powerful friends with me—and Hudson. Except something is wrong with him, too. He’s keeping a secret—even from me.

All I know is that everyone’s life hangs in the balance. And it’s my fault—because I still owe the Crone a favor…and now she’s come to collect.

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The second I open the doors, I know exactly where we are. I’ve only been in here once, but I recognize it right away. Or should I say recognize the remnants of what it once was. Cyrus’s perfectly curated, perfectly decorated office.

No one can accuse it of being perfectly anything now—except, maybe, perfectly, extraordinarily destroyed. While the outer doors remain intact, inside the room, it looks like a bomb has gone off. And unlike the other rooms we passed that are currently under renovation, no one has made any attempt to clear up the mess of the old room to make way for the new. It’s all just sitting there—overturned couches, broken paintings and sculptures, ripped-up books, torn curtains—lying under the detritus of destroyed walls and ceiling and light fixtures. The circular table that once dominated the middle has been demolished, pieces of the inlaid map—which Cyrus once used to plan attacks on paranormal factions—scattered across the floor.

I spot a sledgehammer leaning against the insides of what used to be a wall, and I realize that someone whacked away at things in here until it looked like this. Then they walked away and left it for who knows how long. Judging by the amount of plaster dust settled on everything, this wasn’t done today. Or anytime recently, for that matter.

I’m one hundred percent sure of that. I’m also one hundred percent sure that Hudson is the one who did this. And the one who left it here, like this, to rot.

He’s been to visit the Vampire Court to handle business several times since we imprisoned Cyrus, and I never thought anything of it. Now I can’t help thinking that maybe I should have. The thought of Hudson, all on his own, just whaling away at this room with a sledgehammer, makes me want to cry.

Because there’s more than rage in this shrine of rubble. More than disdain or hate or a need for vengeance. There’s also devastation. And I have no idea what to do about that—not when Hudson hasn’t spoken to me about any of this.

Not the changes to the Court.

Not the pressure to take on more responsibilities and perhaps even the throne.

And definitely not this wanton destruction. When a man who wields as much power as Hudson chooses to use a sledgehammer instead of a simple thought, you know it’s personal. More, you know there’s a lot still left to uncover.

And right now, with our friends in the middle of this quest to save Mekhi, I just wish I had a clue where to start.

Excerpted from Cherish, by Tracy Wolff. Entangled: Teen, 2023. Reprinted with permission.