Se connecterIt was a kiss we both lingered over, neither one of us in any hurry to end it.Finally, after a long quiet moment of connection, I broke the kiss but only pulled back slightly.I reached up to touch Nathan’s face, tracing the line of his lips, his jaw.“I’m so glad you were there,” I said to him, th
Andy POV“Mom!” I cried as I rushed into her room at the clinic.I had been told that she was awake, and all better, but I hadn’t really been able to believe it.Actually, I think I was scared to believe it.Because if it wasn’t really true, I didn’t know how I could stand it.Seeing Mom laying in a
Nathan POV“Claire? Can you hear me?”“Step away from her!” Baldwin shouted. “This has nothing to do with you.”Ignoring him, I kept my focus on Claire’s face. It was utterly still, not a flicker of emotion or expression.And yet, I’d felt that moment of connection. And I really had heard her in my
Third Person POVA wave of psychic energy burst like a silently exploding star from the upper room of the Royal clinic. In a white-hot wave it rushed out into the world, passing through walls and cars and people.It washed over the body of Royal Alpha laying still and unresponsive in the next room.
I still would have lost a direct fight with someone as skilled at psychic attacks as Baldwin.That made me think of the battle he mentioned between our mothers, and I wanted to know if it was true.Dad, Baldwin mentioned Mom. He said she died because of a battle she had with his mother.Is that true
Claire POVNathan continued to visit me as he said he would, keeping me updated on the state of the world.From the goings on around my own pack to the general state of the realm, Nathan made me feel like I was truly informed about what was going on with my people and my citizens.Amelia did much th
Claire POVI stared down at Catherine for a moment, confused by the look on her face.That wasn’t the expression of someone who had just been shot. And it definitely wasn’t the look of someone who had just woken up scared and confused in a hospital bed.It was too aware, too smug.Too knowing.No, m
Nathan POVIn the cot beside Claire’s bed, I struggled through another one of the strange dreams that were beginning to haunt my sleep every night.Every night since I came here, to the Royal clinic.Every night since Claire fell into her mysterious coma.I knew it was probably the stress of the sit
But instead of the cool wash of relief I’d grown so familiar with, what came instead was the static, rushing like a wall of water over me.Around me.Surrounding me.Cutting me off from the world.And no matter how I screamed at him to stop, to let me out, to just tell me why he was doing this, he j
Claire POVA few days later I settled into my office with my head of security, a short stout woman with eyes that took in every single detail around her.“Thank you for meeting with me, Nell,” I said as we sat down in my small comfortable conference area.Nell nodded, her face serious. Her face, I’d







