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"Hi, little thing," he murmured.She blinked up at him, unbothered.Taide hadn't moved an inch from Reigh's side.It went on like that for a while — the room full and warm, Madeline perched on the edge of the bed beside me, Myrcella having forgiven the Barbie slight enough to come press herself agai
CHARLOTTEThe door barely had time to finish opening before Madeline was through it, Sean a step behind her with Myrcella pulling at his arms and a look on his face that said he'd given up trying to manage the pace of this reunion approximately three floors ago.Reigh came in after them, and then Ca
His daughter made a small sound.Taide took it as aknowledgement. A gentle knock at the door interrupted the quiet.It opened a crack, and Madeline's face appeared, eyes enormous, hair somewhat dishevelled, barely containing herself. She looked at Charlotte first, then at Taide, and her expression
The massive room was dark and so quiet it pressed against his ears. The curtains were drawn, the lights turned low and amber, making the flower arrangements on the dressing table catch the warmth of it.He slowed without meaning to, the quiet pulling it out of him. His eyes found the bed.Dot sat
He loved those boys like they were carved from his own chest.But this.This was different in a way he hadn't prepared for.And it was terrifying."Hey." Reigh's voice came quieter this time.Taide slowed."Come sit down.""I can't.""Then stop walking and stand still for a minute. You're making me
The waiting room on the ground floor of the palace had never felt smaller.Taide had been pacing it for forty-seven minutes. He knew, because he'd checked his watch every three of them."Taide.""I'm fine.""I didn't say anything," Reigh said flatly, from the cushioned bench by the window. He had on
After the call ended, I looked up at Madeline and said, “Well, that’s my cue, I guess.” I looked down at her ring again. “Do the triplets know?”“Taide does,” she smiled.“Ah,” I nodded. “When are you gonna tell Caeson and Reigh?”“If Taide already hasn’t?” She joked. “Maybe in the morning.”I whisp
Trust him?How could I?I studied his face, reeling from everything that had already happened today. He was the King’s guard; he was always around him. How could I trust him?His eyes softened into a silent plea. “Stand up!”“Why are you helping me?”He grabbed my arm impatiently and yanked me to my
But not deeper.Wolves slammed into us from the sides, knocking us toward the edge of the dock. Da’ana screamed behind me, stumbling and shifting on her butt as more wolves piled around us.Caeson’s. Reigh’s.Their wolves were snapping and clawing at their father’s.Caeson’s teeth dug into the King’
CHARLOTTE I barely dodged the blade as it slashed through the air, missing a killing blow by the skin of my teeth. But the sting came anyway—a hot, searing pain ripping across my neck as the blade burrowed into the wall. The cut burned through my mark instantly, sizzling through my skin like fir







