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
Claire’s POVI heard a massive loud boom of thunder before Daphne could attack me last time. A blur of silver fur slammed into her side with the force of a storm. The impact was so strong that it sent her roll across the floor, her raged howls were heard through the hall. I looked at the massive wol
Somehow everything felt normal with the chatter of both childrens. But all I could feel was Gideon’s gaze lingering on me, as though he were watching every flicker of confusion cross my face.I tried to focus on my food but my hunger was gone. My thoughts circled the same question over and over: Wha
And now this.Someone tried to bury the truth under the information in the document. Someone tried to take her place. Stolen his truth. Stolen our family.I gripped the file tightly but didn't rip the file into pieces knowing this is evidence against Daphne. I looked up and gave the a fierce look.“
Gideon’s POVAt night the house has gone quiet again.Dinner ended a while ago now the silence was starting to eat me and made me feel suffocating. I remained in my office with the door shut, though it did little to block out the thoughts chasing themselves through my head.The dinner time kept on r







