Mag-log inThe 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
Gideon’s POVI’d been in a courthouse before. I even had my own in my own pack. But nothing I had previously experienced prepared me for the decadence and intimidation that the Alpha King’s courthouse wrought.Two long tables sat facing a tall podium, behind which the Alpha King sat. My lawyer and I
Claire’s POVI had some feelings as Ivan called me his in front of Gideon, but I held down those feelings, needing to focus on Nova right now. She had been through a trauma and was still shaking.Even after we arrived to the pack house, and I took Nova into her bedroom, she was still scared. She rus
Gideon’s POVThe moment my paws touched the ground, I pushed myself forward, rushing to catch up to my former wife, who was already moving at full speed. She was strong and fast, nearly as strong and fast as I was, but I was determined to catch her, to show her that I was with her after my tremendou
Claire’s POVThe moment I saw Nova in the chaos, I gave up everything else and rushed to her. I opened my arms and drew her into them, where she was safe and alive, protected. As I held her, I made sure to keep her face pressed into my shoulder in an effort to try to protect her from the carnage tha







