LOGINThere’s no hiding it now. I think I’m about to see just how far I can push Alexander’s understanding.“I was there,” I nearly whisper.“You were where?” Alexander asks a little more forcefully. I can feel my wolf within wanting to submit as his tone shifts.“Outside Tomson Murray’s home.”Alexander
EvelynAfter sending Emma back in and wishing her luck in her next game of Spackle against my mom, I walk slowly to Alexander’s room. Our room.I don’t yet know how I feel about him offering for me to move back into my old room if I want to. I mean, I know I appreciate the offer. It makes me feel li
EvelynOnce Alexander and I are sure that I can walk on my own, I go down the hall to see my mom. I knock quietly on her door, and Emma opens it for me.My friend rests her fist on her hip and cocks an eyebrow. “You didn’t tell me your mom is a pro at Spackle.”Surprised, I look into the room to whe
EvelynThe second Mom sees me, her knees buckle.Alexander catches her, and I lunge for her, folding her into my arms. She sobs into my shoulder, grasping my shirt like a lifeline.“You’re here,” I say, realizing I’m crying, too. “You’re here, you’re here.”I look up over Mom’s shoulder as she finds
EvelynI’m sobbing on the bathroom floor when Alexander enters our bedroom. I hear the door squeak open then click quietly shut. I don’t try to quiet my crying.Alexander appears in the doorway to the bathroom. He slowly approaches, sitting across from me on the floor.“I did it again, didn’t I?” he
Evelyn“Spackle!” David yells, laying down his winning hand.I toss my cards down on the table in mock frustration as he laughs.“Three games in a row,” he teases. “I hope you weren’t looking for someone to coddle you and let you win while you’re recovering.”I reach for his cards, gathering the dec
AlexanderI am a force bursting through my palace, tearing through the gardens, and raging through the halls of the outer palace. “SOPHIA!” I bellow. Staff and guards scatter around me, likely fearing that I’m about to go on a murderous rage. I am fully in control of my wolf though.Or at least I th
EvelynI kiss Alexander as sweetly as before, one hand on his chest, the other gently sliding up his neck and into his hair, making sure I don’t touch his hurt shoulder. I can feel the tautness of his muscles as he fights the pain Dr. Zorinski’s medicine doesn’t quite mask.As my gentle fingers tigh
“Your Majesty,” he greets with a nod from where he’s sitting, “and the ever-lovely Evelyn.”“I once ordered two of my best guards to confine the ever-lovely Evelyn,” Alexander uses Alpha Jackson’s words as he tells this story for who knows what reason. “She incapacitated them both, forcing me to han
EvelynThe Annual Celebration Ball is a roller coaster of emotions.From the moment Alexander and I locked eyes, the entire party seemed to fade away as he approached me like a magnet coming home. Emma told me something then, though I wasn’t really listening, all my senses focused on the increasing







