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
Sabrina POVI stomped away from the clinic to my car, then sat gripping the steering wheel, waiting for the rage to settle.The kiss I’d just witnessed between Nathan and that filthy wolfless Claire was still playing through my mind. It was disgusting, and insulting.It was obvious now that Nathan,
Nathan POVI left the clinic feeling on edge, my wolf restless. We had been with Claire again, held her, tasted her - and been rejected by her.Knowing Claire didn’t really mean the rejection didn’t lessen the physical pain I had felt, or the hollow emptiness that lingered after it.I went back to w
Now, thinking about her rejection and how quickly she seemed to have moved on, I wondered: Was any of it real? Had I been fooling myself this whole time?Unbidden, I heard Sabrina’s voice in my head: She’s a typical sneaky Omega. They’re all a bunch of criminals. She was just using you for your stat
A hush fell over the room. Even the people who had already experienced Claire’s amazing healing abilities themselves watched in awe as the young man’s wrist was magically healed.“Your wrist should be fine now,” Claire told the young man she’d just healed. “But you should go home and get some rest.







