Se connecterThe crowd cheered, but none were louder than our excited children.Ivan’s POVIt was good of Claire to invite me to her wedding. I’d thought for a while that I might avoid the whole thing, but now that I was here, that I could be surrounded by the obvious love between the pair, I was glad that I had
Claire’s POVThe day of our wedding, I couldn’t stop looking at myself in the mirror. I was wearing a flowing white dress that Leo and Nova had helped me pick out. My hair was done up in a bun. I barely recognized myself, so put together and done up.“You look like a princess,” Nova said from nearby
Gideon’s POVI kissed Claire with my full heart, then held her close. She giggled, pressed into the safety of my arms.“We can talk about it now,” she said. “Or you could kiss me again. I liked that.”“I want to,” I told her truly. “I don’t want to stop kissing you. But after all this, I want to see
Claire’s POVI was dragged out of the trunk roughly by my arms, then shoved down into the dirt at Daphne’s feet.Quickly, I glanced around, but I didn’t really recognize where I was. A forest, but I had no idea which one. Tents were set up here and there and people I didn’t know milled about. This m
George glanced over, seeing me in the dim interior light.“He loves you,” he said.“He does.”“Do you love him, too?”“Yes,” I said. It came out easier than I thought it would. “Yes, I do,” I said again, to be sure. This time was just as easy.“Good,” George said. “Gideon is a good man, a brave and
Claire’s POVWe had a handful of hours before we needed to leave for the exchange. In that time, George had me fitted for body armor.“They will likely attempt to remove it from you,” he said. “But try to keep it on for as long as you can. I don’t know what kind of torture they will attempt, but thi
Claire’s POVI wasn’t so sure about this. Yes, I wanted justice for my mother, but we already knew Darius couldn’t be trusted. I doubted he would keep his word.Yet, Gideon seemed confident that this would work out for us. I knew he had been working hard in cleaning away the corruption from our pack
Claire’s POVI blinked, looking at Gideon strangely. He seemed earnest, but the request was so sudden that I couldn’t fathom it was genuine. He would want to try again? After everything that had happened? After all these years had passed?He genuinely wanted to try to be with me a second time?It se
Claire’s POVWe wanted to head back to the pack at once, but given the late hour, we thought it best to stay here at this beachside resort until the next day.I was anxious, barely able to stand still, but Gideon was there for me.“Let’s spend some time with the kids,” he said. “It’s almost their be
Gideon’s POV“I know about the poison, Darius,” I said. “And I have a pretty good idea about who put what into Lena’s coffee. I can tie you to it, with the reports I have. Just tell me who poisoned Lena.”Darius stood up. “You are trying to make enemies out of powerful people, Gideon. If you keep tr







