تسجيل الدخولTheodore’s POVI looked around the rich wood paneling of the conference room. This was one of the rooms in the royal palace that I had thought to be superfluous at first. Why have a room specifically for business meetings when there were twenty-some other places to gather in this unnecessarily large
Theo stood, and I returned my attention to him as he offered me his hand. I took it, leaning into him more than usual as I stood.Holding me close, pressing our bodies together, Theo tilted his head up to the striking sun. “Do you feel that?” he asked. “The warmth of the sun?”I closed my eyes, a si
Violet’s POVInstead of lunch plans, Theo told Marcy and Aunt Marissa that we would back for dinner with both the families. Then my husband dragged me around the market, picking up a loaf of warm bread, some cheese, dried meats, fruit, and a hand-woven blanket that was the same red and yellows as ou
“You alright?” I asked them both.Colby blinked and gathered himself, nodding once. Sinclair’s gaze snapped to mine with something like rage in them. I wasn’t sure if it was for letting such young kids fight or from hiding this from them up until now.He seemed to remember himself though, remember h
Theodore’s POVThe next morning, everyone gathered at one of Violet’s cousin’s farms in town. It was the only place big enough to showcase what they’d been learning. Apparently, they were used to training on Uncle Caleb’s farm, but since everyone was already gathered here, we would make do.Violet a
Violet’s POVI had to be careful.I knew I had a bias toward women. Everything I’d said to Olivia Bronson at the royal palace had been true. I did relate her.Growing up as an incredibly capable woman in a world where women weren’t expected to be capable was suffocating. I was desperate to change th
Theodore’s POVI opened my mouth to cut off the foul Alpha.You have to remain objective, Violet reminded me in my mind.I shut my mouth. Damn it, she was right.“Something you wanted to say, Alpha Nightshade?” the Alpha continued, and I realized she had been baiting me. She was trying to make it se
Violet’s POVI stared down at Theo from my seat in the audience. He looked so handsome in one of Master Remy’s suits, the still-shattered band glowing slightly along his forehead.Even though I was his wife, I was attending the vote for our country’s next successor as the Alpha of Darkmoon – at leas
Theodore’s POVApparently, it was too much to ask to have more than a handful of hours alone with Violet. Also, apparently, my Beta was more devoted to our country than I was because she was happily postponing her honeymoon to show up when I had half a mind to throw Violet over my shoulder and disap
My brows furrowed at the cynical conclusion he’d drawn.“You’ve spent too much time with my half-brother,” I replied. “Only power-hungry psychopaths would go to that much trouble. I don’t want the crown; I never have.”“But you are trying to dethrone the king?” he pushed. When I hesitated, he added,







