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
Nathan POVI left my meeting with the Royal Alpha, determined to track Claire down.After meeting up with the security detail, I immediately headed west through the Royal pack territory, toward the border.And what I found really did feel like a war zone.Even at this distance from the border there
A look of shock crossed the reporter’s face, and I could hear gasps from several of the crew also standing in the room.“You were poisoned??”“Yes. And it was only through the dedicated efforts of my Beta and the Duchess Catherine that Sabrina’s efforts to isolate and poison me were discovered, and
Claire POVWe pulled into the open area in front of the next mobile clinic near dawn.I yawned as the small convoy of trucks came to a stop outside the tall canvas tents that served as a woodland clinic. We’d been driving all night since we left the last one, and had a few close calls with rogues al
Nathan POVThe interview left me nearly shaking with rage.I ended it quickly, denying the rumors that Sabrina’s child was mine.If she was even pregnant at all.And yet - did it matter?If the reporter from The Star was already hearing these rumors, then chances were good many others in the pack wo







