LOGINIt 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
It was a very long ride home.I tried several times to ask him about his day, hoping that something fun happened that we could talk about.But Andy just pouted, giving me one word answers and not wanting to talk about school at all.By the time we got home my nerves were frayed.“Andy, just tell me
I looked up, and breathed out a sigh of relief. “Dr. Baldwin, you’re here. Thank go.“I need your help,” I told him, making room for him beside me as we began to wheel Andy in through the emergency room doors. “Please, help me save my son.”Dr. Baldwin stared at me for a moment, amazed, looking back
I didn’t need Nathan’s heightened senses to smell our son, his unique scent filling the space.His scent, and something else…I took a deep breath, trying to place it.There was the smell of damp must as well, one that was vaguely familiar.“What is that?” I asked.Smelling the air, Nathan shook his
“What’s wrong, Mom?”Claire put the last of the blocks in the box and shut the lid, then she walked over and crouched down in front of me.“Honey, I’m not going back to Silverfang with you. I have to stay here.”“But…I don’t understand.”“I have duties here, Andy. I’m a Princess, and the Royal Alpha







