FAZER 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 POV The day before the court case was to be presented to the judge, my lawyer David, sat in my living room. The case files were spread out over the couch cushions beside him and the coffee table in front. I was in a rocking chair on the other side of the coffee table, rocking gently back a
Gideon’s POV When Claire hung up on me, I pulled the phone away and stared at the screen with some shock, confused and surprised that she would just cut me off like that. I had known the conversation wouldn’t go well, but this was a whole new level of terrible. Not only had she dismissed my concer
“I wouldn’t do that –” “I don’t believe you,” I said. “I’m trying to build something with Ivan, and you only want to see that destroyed. You are purposefully trying to stir up division between Ivan and me. You want us to break up. You probably want me back under your control again.” “It’s not like
Claire’s POV I was so hurt and so angry that I started to open the car door before the driver even realized he should stop. I needed air. There wasn’t enough in that car. “Stop!” Ivan shouted, but it was unclear if it was meant for me or the driver. The driver slammed on the brakes, and I stumbled







