LOGINThe 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
She was standing not too far away, near the champagne table. Her shoulders were slumped at she sipped at the champagne flute in her hand. Her back was to me, but she seemed to be alone. Ivan wasn’t anywhere in sight.“No,” I told Xavier. “I’m not quite ready to leave yet. I’ll find you when I am. Pl
Claire’s POVI still felt like a failure, despite Ivan’s efforts to improve my mood.It was difficult not to.Convincing the King had always been a long shot of a plan, but it had been the only way I could think to help Gideon in his case. Now, I felt rather helpless, and I hated that feeling.To ma
Would I ever see her again?For the last question, I had to believe that I would. I knew where she was now, at Ivan’s, and I could reach out to her there. That Ivan, my ally, had been shielding her from me was frustrating, as was Raven’s omission of the topic, as well. Raven, in particular, I had th
Gideon’s POVWhen it was finally my turn to speak with the Alpha King, after being introduced, I rushed forward to talk to him. Before I even said one word, I had the folder open.“Now presenting, Alpha Gid—”“Alpha King, I need you to look at this please,” I said, holding the folder closer to him.







