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
Violet’s POVThe last thing I wanted to do today was public speaking in front of my territory and enough press to transmit my speech throughout the country. Brief as it was, the hallucination in court yesterday had worn me out, and I felt like hell.It had taken all three of the people I was closest
“Theodore!” she exclaimed. “My sister is getting married!”Dahlia’s and my heads both snapped in her direction. “What?” I asked.“Nora,” Eva pointed at the TV. “I was expelled from Twining River when I was a teenager, so we haven’t spent a lot of time together since then, but she’s my sister.” A gen
Theodore’s POVAs if getting divorced from Violet wasn’t enough, she had another hallucination. In court.I had been sitting there, across the aisle from her, when I noticed her grab Kincaid’s arm like she had grabbed mine the time she saw her mother in Marcy’s kitchen. The second Kincaid clearly fi
Theodore’s POVI was vaguely aware of the bristling of the four werewolves behind me, from Eva’s own “friends”, at her words.I was so shocked, all I could manage in response was a, “Yes.”“You’re going against your king’s direct orders.” It wasn’t a question from Eva; it was an accusation. She had







