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 POV I have seen and dealt with many Alphas a lot of times, but few made me curious about them the way Justin Royce did. He is quite intelligent behind his calm composure, he had a confidence that didn’t just demand respect but commanded it naturally without any force. Even my wolf w
Claire’s POVThe air around us felt stifling, tense and heavy and Gideon slammed his arm against the wall beside my head trapping me. The sound echoed through the whole hallway, making my bones shudder. He leaned so close that the space around us shrank, I held my breath as I dared not breathe aroun
If I gave up Gideon to Daphne maybe all this madness will stop. Maybe his body should get the relief his poisoned body needed. Maybe she’d win, but at least… at least he’d survive.But if I didn’t—if I resisted her—then I risked becoming the target of her wrath, risking letting Gideon spiral further
“What do we have here?” she crooned.I turned my head slightly, just enough to see her standing at the corner of the hall, her arms crossed, her posture graceful in its mockery. Her eyes shined like she have just won, her lips turned into smile and I wanted to take away her smile badly.My wolf grow







