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
“I heard about that,” David mutters, looking like he didn’t fully believe the stories he heard until now.“So basically, you can tell Alexander whatever you want, but it’ll be your word against mine, and now I know where your office is.” I raise a threatening eyebrow.David swallows nervously. “I do
A good person would tell her she doesn’t have a chance with me. But something tells me not to say anything. Not yet.“Flirting with my shikra?” Alexander asks as he passes by us, sweat running down the front and back of his shirt from his first sparring session. He doesn’t wait for an answer, moving
EvelynEven though I’m the one who suggested returning to the training grounds, part of me is disappointed when that’s exactly where Alexander leads me the next morning. I’m already familiar with this part of the palace, and I was hoping to be brought somewhere new that might inform my next escape p
AlexanderTruth be told, I’d already been planning to take Evelyn to this banquet long before she asked to be let out of my room from time to time. In fact, the only reason I planned the damn banquet was because I had found her, someone who can keep my wolf at bay.We used to have these banquets ann







