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
Lena’s POVJune 6Something’s wrong with me. I don’t know what it is. I’ve been feeling weaker lately, and I’ve had headaches all the time. Daniel is worried. Ivan too. George has been too busy to pay much attention. The war with the north has started again. He’ll be leaving soon for a while.Victor
Claire’s POVI was still as a statue, entirely frozen in shock, gaping at Gideon like he was a stranger I had never seen before – or like he had grown a second head off of his shoulder.He couldn’t be… proposing? I hadn’t even thought through whether I wanted to date or not! Or live together! And no
I can’t believe my luck! The best thing ever happened to me, and I can scarcely believe it even now. I met the man of my dreams, an Alpha no less!I had been ready to be miserable during the ball. I was certain my family had only been invited out of pity, as many times as my mother tried to convince
Claire’s POVDarius smirked like the overconfident asshole he could sometimes be – when he wasn’t being a vicious little coward, anyway. Right now, he grinned like he had all the good cards in his hand and was finally ready to show it.“Darius,” George said, taking in the sight of the man. “What are







