LOGINTheodore’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 POVThey knew.Somehow Owen’s spies had made it all the way out here, had found my one place where I could be truly at peace, and had come here to ambush me.I had just seen Riley open the door for Bennett, but what about the other three? I couldn’t remember the last time I’d seen them, a
I shut down that thought as I reached for the aloof asshole I had played so well all my life.“Maybe these deliveries need to be packed in sturdier boxes,” I accused loudly enough to cover my ass.Thankfully, Bennett played along. “Of course, Alpha Nightshade. That’s my fault.”I calmed my tone. “It
Theodore’s POVIt was a little pathetic. I was a little pathetic. But if I was being honest, I was more than willing to be even more pathetic for Violet.For now, I was staring at the paper in the kitchen, not reading at all while I pathetically listened for the doorbell. Bennett’s grocery deliverie
Kincaid burst through my bedroom door, recognizing the urgency in my call for him enough to not bother knocking first. He surveyed me, scanning me for injuries, before his gaze fell over the flowers. “What the…?”“I’m unharmed, but I don’t know how all these flowers got here, or if the person who pu







