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
Claire’s POVPeaceful.I felt peaceful. It was the first thing I felt in the morning after I opened my eyes again. I felt fragile, tiny warmth against my both sides. For a bit I thought I was dreaming again. The silence was peaceful but it stopped by the breathing of my two sleeping children.I slig
I ran after them, screaming though no one could hear me. “No! Don’t! They’ll kill you! Run! You have to run please!”But in my mind I knew I will not be able to stop what was going to happen.My mother rushed inside the mansion with me and went towards a hidden room, with shaky hands she hid me insi
Gideon’s POVI looked at the medical file, and the words written in it were sharp and straight to the point as I continued to read it.Cause of death: wolfsbane ingestion.I read it once, twice, a third time. The letters blurred but not because of my eyes, the words were written perfectly but it was
Gideon’s beta entered the room with a serious expression. He bowed his head to me politely before turning to Gideon. “Alpha. I have something to report to you.”I was tense. My mind told me this is not good news. “Speak now.” Gideon commanded.Beta held a file, his tone was calm yet on point “We tra







