Mag-log inIt 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
And yet, mixed in with the hesitation and the concern was a deep longing.We hadn’t seen each other since he spent the weekend here with Andy.And the sudden opportunity to see him, to have him alone in my room, had a little unexpected curl of longing swirling in my belly.I realized I wanted to see
Except for one.Gavin approached me with his hand held out and a big smile on his face.“Alpha Nathan!” he said from a good distance away, loud enough for everyone around us to hear. “So glad you could make it!”I stuck my hand out reluctantly to shake his, and was unsurprised when he squeezed as ha
Nathan POVThere was a pile of work in front of me. Like every day I came into the office, today was filled with meetings and reports that needed to be read and signed off on.I also had a few potential candidates for campaign manager to interview in the afternoon.But I couldn’t focus on any of it.
Nathan POVI walked into my office on Monday morning, ready to dive back into work.I’d spent the weekend trying to think about what happened between me and Claire at the palace.Trying to understand how our relationship had ended up so tangled and complicated.And while I had realized Claire and I







