— Kaden —
She had been silent for a while now. All our plates were empty.
I called the end of the evening, and everyone got up.
Sam began piling plates and kicked Stellan, who got the gist of it, and the guys took everything back to the kitchen.
—Kaden —When the phone rang this time, I woke up.I took it from the nightstand and gave it straight to Elaeya without looking at it. I was lying on my side with her nested in my arms, her face pressed against my chest.I could have slept a few more hours, at least.
— Elaeya —I slept surprisingly well, though I found the landing a little jarring and my ears kept popping. I never expected air travel to be such a strange experience.I went inside the small bathroom once we landed and tried to straighten out, thinking of what Mariqueen told me.On t
— Kaden —I managed to dodge my sisters throughout the day. I’m pretty sure Jasmine was paying anyone she could to get tea on Elaeya, so I had to limit the access to my home from the staff, just so I could err on the safe side.A part of me wanted to think it would be easier after tonight, but I’ve never been strong on self-deluding.
— Kaden —I dropped my ass on the leather sofa in my father’s office.My father closed the door and leaned against his desk, his arms crossed.“What’s going on?” I asked him.
— Kaden —My father nodded.“Okay, from what I saw, spirit wolves are rare, but have not always been so. They are distinguished by their white hair on their head, but that does not cover all their body like an albino. They have two predominant eye colour, either a very pale pink, or violet—I believed I’ve seen the term lilac being used somewhere,” he told me.
— Eveline —I knocked on my brother’s door.It was a beautiful day, the sun was bright, without a cloud in sight. Darren and I had planned a little romantic day. We would stay in bed all morning, go to a nice little café in town for lunch, and then rent a boat and spent all afternoon on the water. Picnic on the deck with a bottle of champagne, watch the sunset, and come back for a long bath and ro
— Kaden —“On what?” Elaeya asked me.I shook my head a couple of times. “Let’s just talk first, then we can make decisions.”She gave me the barest of nods, but the rest of her body stayed a pure statue. Her back was perfectly ramrod straight, her hands l
— Elaeya —A little voice in a dark corner of my mind kept expecting what was apparently not coming. For Kaden to use me, hurt me. All reason told me this is the most plausible actions to expect. But when he spoke of protecting me, I knew every words to be true. When he said he was not calculating my worth to him in money or political power, I knew those words to be equally true.When he wrapped his arms around me a