MasukThe 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
But that would explain why she always hid her face…No, there were other explanations for that as well. It didn’t mean anything.“But…” Leo said.“Just put that thought out of your mind,” I told Leo, but I meant the words for myself too. “It’s just not possible.”Claire’s POVI stood in my room, sti
Claire’s POVWhen I returned to my room, I was surprised to see Leo sneaking out of it and into the hallway.“Leo?” I asked calling for him. He should have been in bed, asleep. “Are you still having trouble sleeping? Were you looking for me?”“Uh, no… I was just… That is…”I waited while he fumbled,
Claire’s POVWhen we arrived at Ivan’s pack house, it was still dark. The kids were so exhausted from the stress and the journey that they had fallen asleep against me in the backseat of the car. When we arrived, I carried Leo while Ivan carried Nova. We took them to their bedrooms and tucked them i
“I won’t,” I promised, though even as the words left my lips, I wasn’t sure I believed them. We hung up. I stared out at the moon for a long time after that, the pale light reflecting in my eyes. She’ll send someone, I thought grimly. It’s only a matter of time. --- The next morning, I woke be







