LOGINDOMINICI woke up with a headache. That was the first thing I felt as soon as I opened my eyes. The second thing I felt was the weight of Vivian’s arm draped across my chest. She was sleeping soundly, her breathing soft. Having a beautiful woman in my bed should have been nice, but instead it felt like I was being suffocated.The room was too small. This was the royal suite, the biggest room in the castle, but with the three of us here, it felt like a cage.I sat up, moving Vivian’s arm away as gently as I could. I didn’t want to deal with her being "sweet" this early in the morning. I exited the bedroom and looked toward the far corner of the room where the couch was located, and where Adeline slept. That was where she was supposed to be.Instead, it was empty, the pillow and duvet neatly folded and put to the side. Of course.I growled under my breath. Why was she already gone? It was barely light outside. Ever since I had moved her back into my chambers, she had been acting like
ADELINEThe sun wasn't even up when I climbed out of bed. The room was cold, and my stomach felt like it was doing backflips. I sat on the edge of the couch for a few minutes, breathing slowly. I had to wait for the world to stop spinning before I could stand up. Unfortunately, this was my new normal. Every morning started with a fight just to stay upright.And sleeping just a few feet away from Dominic and Vivian was not helping either. Aside from the fact that I felt hollow when I realized they were in the same bed, it wasn't an easy task trying to hide my morning sickness from them. Everyday I would awaken at the crack of dawn and rush to the toilet to get the sick out of me. Then quickly after, I would freshen up and leave the room before either of them woke up so I wouldn't have to cross paths with them. I preferred to start my mornings in a light mood. Today, I followed the exact routine. As soon as I finished, I headed down to the kitchens. As I got closer to the back of the
ADELINE The room was too quiet. The only sound was the scratching of Dominic’s pen and the occasional crackle of the logs in the fireplace. Dominic had told me to work here. He didn’t say why, but I knew. He didn't trust me. He wanted to watch me. I sat at a small desk near the window. It was far away from his big desk, but I could still feel him. I could also smell him; a deep, woodsy scent that made my wolf want to get up and walk over to him. I had to keep my head down and focus on the numbers.Sighing, I started to write a note about what I’d noticed so fat, but then my stomach turned and a sharp, sick wave hit me out of nowhere. I dropped my pen and gripped the edge of the desk, gasping. My face felt cold, and the room seemed to spin. I closed my eyes and tried to breathe slowly.Not now. Please, not now. Not here. I couldn't let him see me like this. If he saw me getting sick every morning, he would start asking questions. He would call the healer. And if the healer looked a
ADELINEThe council room was cold, with a heaviness in the air I refused to pay attention to. I walked down to take a seat in one of the chairs at the long table in the middle of the room, blatantly refusing to look at anyone because I knew exactly what they were thinking.What on earth was I doing here? I could almost see the question marks forming above their heads as they regarded me, some with surprise, others with disdain. But I had already decided that I did not care. Usually, I tried to make myself small in settings like these. I would sit at the very end, keeping my head down, hoping Dominic wouldn’t look at me with those eyes that felt like daggers. The only time I had ever joined a meeting or even offered any opinion on anything regarding pack matters was during the Alpha Samuel saga when I challenged the elders. But since then, I had not done anything of the sort. But today was different.I had spent the last three nights awake, huddled over old ledgers and messy stacks
ADELINE I was still trembling slightly as I walked out of the room and shut the door behind me. I had been adamant on sleeping there no matter what happened, but I couldn’t cross Dominic. Despite how used to him I was, there was no forgetting that in all, he was still the Lycan King, and it didn’t take much to remember how he’d gotten his reputation in the first place.I didn’t want to be scared of him, but the sheer power oozing off him when he commanded me to leave was too strong for me to contest. I couldn’t have refused even if I wanted to, and that hurt me. How could he side Vivian and not me? He barely even knew her. Or maybe they had a history I didn’t know of. But what I heard was that the alliance between them had been arranged years ago, so it couldn’t possibly be that he liked her.Either way, I was still deeply hurt. ‘Don’t take it to heart,’ Tara said. ‘He’s just doing his duty. She’s the Princess and he has to treat her well.’“Oh please, you’re defending him even aft
DOMINICFrom where I sat on the bed, I watched Adeline carefully, wondering where this sudden courage had sprung from. I hadn’t expected her to come into my bedroom at all, seeing as she seemed to be avoiding anything that would make her cross paths with me or Vivian. But tonight, there was a fire in her eyes that reminded me of the very first time she had stood up to me in her study, angrily daring me to kill her if I wanted. And although the last thing I wanted was to pay attention to her, that caught my attention, stirring something hot in the pit of my stomach. She was so confident and audacious it made me recall why I’d fallen for her in the first place. Suddenly, I froze at that line of thought. Falling for her? Since when? No. I brushed that thought to the side instantly. What happened between Adeline and I was a glitch, and a temporary one at that, and it would never repeat itself, especially not after all I’d learned about her. I refused to associate myself with anyone e
DOMINIC The air was thick with the scent of blood and gore as I slashed my way through the army of rogues. I was killing, and I was enjoying it. But I also knew that we couldn't hold them off for much longer. As much as I hated the idea of accepting defeat, I could also sense the exhaustion oozi
DOMINIC I was scanning through the pack files doing the monthly review when a knock sounded at the door. “Who is it?” I demanded, irritated by the interruption. “It's Grant, Alpha!”I closed the files. My Beta knew I had an extreme workload to sort through today, so if he was interrupting me, it
ADELINEI angrily wiped the tears from my eyes as I stormed out into the forest, unsure of where I was going. I was too tired to care and too upset to turn back. Right now I just needed some breathing space to process everything that had happened today. No matter how much I tried to think of somet
ADELINEI tried to force my eyes away from Alpha Dominic and the woman to no avail. And it didn't help that she was stunning.I took in the sight of her straight, jet-black hair and baby blue eyes, feeling a tightne







