MasukThe 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 POVAfter hearing about the leak, about how Leo was in active danger, and how Gideon was too far away to get back in time to help, I knew I had to go help.I had already been conflicted about staying, when what I really wanted was to be at Leo’s side. Ivan’s warnings had struck me though. G
Claire’s POV“Mommy! Mommy!” Nova rushed toward me.I had just been reading in my bedroom, preparing for bed, slowing down after a long day, when Nova burst into my room, phone first. She pushed the screen into my face.It took me a few minutes to realize what I was seeing. Not only had Nova been se
Claire’s POVWhen my phone rang again, and I saw that it was Ivan calling, some of the tension in my body eased.He must have been calling to tell me that the warrior and Nova had arrived back to the pack house and everything was okay now.Except when I answered the phone, before I could even say he
Gideon’s POVA handful more days passed without any changes from Leo. My council and warriors were looking into the evidence Ivan’s warriors provided as well as the other documents we had gathered that connected the rogues who attacked to Daphne. They were working on building a case we could take to







