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
“I hate to be the one to bring this into question,” Darius said, smirking slightly. “But have you considered the possibility that Leo might not be your son.”This was the final straw, and my anger spiked. “That’s enough,” I snapped. “Do not spew anymore lies. Leo is my son. Anything else is impossib
Nova’s POVIt wasn’t like I didn’t really know. Even before Leo asked my birthday, I had some suspicions. Ivan had been a good uncle, but I didn’t really look like him. He and Mom never really acted like Mommies and Daddies usually did.Gideon, meanwhile, was a lot of fun to be around. He had always
Gideon’s POV I was sitting in my office behind my desk perusing through the folder about Ivan that Xavier had previously brought for me, when Xavier again arrived at the door to my office. I had been searching through the folder, reading every line, searching for any hint of an indication that Iva
Claire’s POV“I have something for you,” Ivan said.We were standing on the back deck. Upstairs in the house, the children were getting ready for bed. Leo was talking to his dad on the phone. Out here, the mood was calm and steady. I was still reveling in the feeling of having my children under one







