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 POVMy young Gamma patient collapsing after I healed her was just the beginning.The next day things got worse.Much worse.The Gamma patient, Rebecca, was on my mind all night after I went home. I just didn’t understand how she’d gone from being healed and ready to go home to on the floor co
It wasn’t until I was safely alone in the breakroom, sitting at the little table by the window, that everything hit me like a wave.That’s when I finally began to weep.Amelia found me a few moments later, my face in my hands, quiet sobs filling the room.“Oh sweetheart, what happened?” she cried, r
Claire POVI stared at Sabrina, shocked to see her in the clinic. In a volunteer’s smock, with a nametag on her chest.Smiling.Of all the things I was trying to process in that moment, that detail was the most disturbing.And there was nothing I could do about it.I took a deep breath and took the
Sabrina POVI drove to my father’s temporary apartment feeling smug and satisfied.My engagement with Nathan was not only official, it was also all anyone could talk about.And though Nathan continued to insist that it was a fake engagement, just something to help his political career and push his c







