Claire POVOver the next few days I threw myself into my work, and my plans to move on with my life.I’d taken the bag of unopened presents home, unsure what to do with them. The idea of getting rid of them was too painful, and too close to what Nathan had done with them, so in the end I tucked the
He came closer, picking up a few. “They’re all unopened. I don’t understand.”I felt a prickle of excitement. “What do you mean?”“I remember how much time and effort Miss Claire spent in searching for the right gift, how much trouble she went to finding craftsmen for some of the special orders. Why
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,
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
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
Royal Alpha POVI stood in the waiting room, the crowd around me slowly drifting away. Part of me was shocked, not only at the scene I had walked into, but something I glimpsed as the Alpha led Claire out of the room…Talk bounced around the room as everyone else also processed what had just happene