We’d learned the hard way, very early on, that they _______ about the ancient rules

• didn't care

• hadn't cared

I ______ too lost in battle-rage to note who they were beyond an Illyrian unit

• was

• had been

She was responsible for what ______ weeks ago.

• happened

• had happened

But it ____ the vines—the thorns—that had made it unlivable.

• was

• had been

I had not told Lucien of what I _____ regarding her true nature.

• knew

• had known

The High Priestess looked exactly as I remembered in those memories Rhys ______ me

• showed

• had shown

if Lucien ______ that Elain was his mate before, it would have been … devastating

• discovered

• had discovered

He ______ mad long before the King of Hybern resurrected him

• went

• had gone

And I ____ again thinking of how pained that face had been the last time I’d seen it

• was

• had been

Tamlin and Lucien _____ rigid by the time Jurian halted at the foot of the stairs

• went

• had gone