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
Gideon’s POVI’d only just returned to my office when I received a call that bypassed Xavier’s desk and came straight to mine. That could only happen if someone had my extension number, so whoever called had to be someone who knew me well.I picked up the phone, expecting a friend.“This is Gideon.”
Claire’s POV Confusion and hurt slashed through me in equal measures. My mind struggled to understand what I was seeing, but my heart knew before my mind did. Another woman was in Gideon’s room, dressed in lingerie. That could only mean one thing, a secret tryst, and it made my heart crack into se
Claire’s POV By the time we returned back the pack house, that flicker of mate bond feelings had dissipated. However, I had been certain that I had felt it, and wasn’t likely to forget it. I just didn’t know it meant, or if I was ready to face the truth of what it could mean. It was too heavy
Claire’s POV That morning at breakfast, as we were all gathered around the dining room table to eat, I told George… my father – it was still difficult to think of him as such, if only because it was so new – that the children and I were soon going to pack up and head to Gideon’s pack. “I thought y







