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
“You should sleep now, Princess,” he said softly as he finished the healing session.Finally free of the pain, and unable to fight my exhaustion any longer, I was asleep within moments.The next few days passed in a repetitive blur:Wake up, try to heal my father. Make no progress.Run tests, wait f
Nathan POVA knock on my open office door drew my attention as I sat in my office the next day.“Sir?” Evan asked. “Do you have a few moments?”I looked up from my desk, where I had been in the middle of reading a very thorough, very dry resource report on grain stores from last year’s harvest.Beta
Claire POV“Princess?” Megan, my assistant, stood in the doorway of the conference room.“They’re here,” she said quietly. “It’s time.”I took a deep breath and squared my shoulders, then turned around from where I’d been looking out the tall office windows.“Let them in,” I said,my voice firm.I wa
Claire POVI returned to the Royal pack, with Nathan’s personal guard acting as my security escort over the border.He had pledged more warriors to put down the rogue threat still roaming the woods, and now that the truth was out in the Silverfang pack I doubted he’d have a hard time recruiting volu







