LOGINKael’s POVKarina took a deep breath and started to breathe normally again, and I swore my heart started beating again too.Charlie quickly examined her and turned to me in complete shock and astonishment.“Sir, she’s started to heal.” He said. “The drink worked, Karina will be okay.”Griffin sighed
“You won’t lose her.” I promised. “We’ll find out who did this.”—We were able to figure out the how and what after speaking to the kitchen attendants and groundskeepers, who were surprised I brought Kael to speak to them ourselves and that we were investigating in such a calm manner.As soon as we
Lyra’s POVThe pack doctor—who I’ve learned is named Charlie—stood before us in Karina’s room.She looked awful, her skin was pale, her eyes closed as if she were dreaming fitfully, and every breath she took looked like it could be her last.“She isn’t doing well.” Charlie said. “And I can’t give he
Kael suddenly flipped one of the full grown men onto the ground, impressing me even further than he already had.He noticed me off to the side and smiled slightly. He sent me a playful and definitely flirtatious wink before holding out his arm to help up the other man.My cheeks burned redder and I
Kael’s POVThe moment the doctor declared that Lyra had healed enough to get pregnant again, we picked a day to start.When the day came, truthfully, I wasn’t sure of myself.I had had women before but they were always breeders or someone using me to better their station.This was different. Lyra wa
Kael’s POVI needed to see if this deal she wanted was even a possibility. I called my commander of intelligence, Lucian, to bring me the information I needed on the child Lyra insisted was hers.Lucian was in charge of gathering intel, secret, rumored, and anything else that could be useful. He led
KAELShe turned back. Her hands were shaking. I could see it through the grip on the decanter, through every careful movement she made. But she found the glass without asking, tipped the bottle, and poured.Not a single drop spilled.Four servants had been assigned to this room in three days. The fi
LYRAI did not sleep.I sat in the doorway of the nursery all night, that was as close as they would let me, and I watched my son breathe. The nurses changed his swaddle twice. His color stayed good. By the time gray light came through the window, his fists were curling in sleep the way healthy babi
KAEL"It's a boy! You are warmly invited—"I dropped it into the fire.Gary stood three steps back. He always kept exactly three steps back when I was reading correspondence, close enough to answer, far enough to run. After six years as my beta, he had developed an excellent instinct for distances.
LYRA"Congratulations, Alpha Darius." The doctor extended the bundle to my husband. "A healthy male. Your heir."After eighteen hours, my son was born.He screamed. Just once — a furious, perfect sound, the most alive thing I had ever heard. I reached for him from where I lay — arms shaking, barely







