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
Claire POVI woke with sunlight streaming down over me, the large floor to ceiling windows of one entire wall flooding the room with the soft golden light.For a moment I didn’t know where I was, and wondered if I was dreaming.After a moment the sleep cleared enough from my brain for me to remember
Claire POVI rushed to my car after Nathan threatened to lock me up and hold me prisoner.How could he make that kind of threat, and expect me to want to stay with him??As I drove away, I watched the figure of the man I had loved and devoted myself to for years slowly fade into the distance.And my
Like she was having a great time. And like she belonged.“Who is that lovely young woman talking to the ambassador from the Stone Ridge pack?” someone near him asked their friend.“Hm?” Their friend looked over, spotted Claire. “Oh, that’s Dr. Green. The healer from the clinic? Apparently she’s here
Nathan POVClaire was gone.I hadn’t been able to stop her. Not from leaving our home months ago, and now not from leaving the pack altogether.And it was only now I realized just how desperately I’d wanted her to come home.Home to our son, who missed her on a daily basis. Home to the house she’d r







