LOGINThat night, long after the last of the guests had left for their rooms, Andrew and I returned to the presidential suite to find that the staff had decorated it in preparation for our stay. All the décor, right down to the bed sheets, had been switched out for matching red and gold pieces. The light
Andrew’s eyes met mine as I approached the altar. He smiled at me, and I smiled back. He looked so handsome in his classic black tuxedo that I could hardly wait for after the reception to be with him. As I took my place across from Andrew, I handed my bouquet to Lily. The priestess bega
One month later, I stood in a suite at a private beachside resort, admiring my wedding dress. It hugged my curves in all the right places while still gently brushing against the ground like a low-hanging cloud. Crystals glistened in the room’s fluorescent lights, and the train flowed behind me effor
“Let’s continue this in the bedroom,” I said, breathless. Andrew nodded his agreement. I pulled Andrew to his feet as he stuck the ring box back in his pocket. Then I dragged him back to the bedroom, leading him by the tie. Not that he needed to be dragged; he would have followed me anywhere by th
Andrew texted me and said his flight was delayed by a few errands he had to run, so I waited. And waited. I waited for an entire day, and even began to worry that Andrew had changed his mind. Then I heard a knock at my door. I leapt off the couch and rushed to answer it. Stopping just short of the
Noah left the next day. I took him to the airport, we exchanged a hug and a brief farewell, and then I watched him walk through the gate. That was the last time I ever saw him. With a heavy heart, I returned to an empty apartment. All our furniture and my belongings—what little I still had—were the
It was unusual for Andrew’s advisors and the Werewolf Council to all meet at once. Only under dire circumstances did they get together to give Andrew direction. When Andrew seemed about to lose his title was one of those times. Andrew sat at the head of the conference table, his new top advisor—Mic
I stared at the bullet wound in Andrew’s back, how it drenched bandage after bandage with crimson blood. I felt faint. Tears sprung to my eyes. “No,” I declared. “No, I won’t leave him.” “I’m sorry, ma’am, but it’s not my decision,” Jim said, grabbing my arm. “Andrew ordered us to prioritize your
Bob was furious. Crystal and Andrew had managed to turn the tide on the bad press against them. All the work that Bob and Lisa had done to get people focused on Crystal’s criminal past, for naught. Bob paced the length of his apartment. He hadn’t spent a lot of time there since he and Lisa had got
“As one half of a werewolf-werewolf hybrid couple and, more importantly, as a werewolf/human hybrid, I know how hard it can be to battle against the stigma of werewolf/human interactions,” I began, trying my best to ignore the ticking. “Hybrids are envied and coveted, maligned and held to a higher s







