LOGIN~Valeria~I looked up from my breakfast to find Alerion standing in the doorway holding what looked like a suit.For me.At seven in the morning.On the day of my coronation.
~Valeria~"If this doesn't work, I'm throwing the ring in the trash."My father looked up from where he was setting up the clearing. "You're not throwing a centuries-old magical artifact in the trash.""Watch me."We were back in t
~Valeria~"Why?" I asked. "Wouldn't the Dark Wolf King use a service door?""He'll use whatever's least guarded. If we stack the public entrances, he'll try service doors. If we stack service doors, he'll try public. So we stack everything and force him to fight his way in.""That assumes he comes through a door at all," Caius said. "He could come through a window. Through the r
~Valeria~"I'm not standing twenty feet away from Val during her coronation."Alerion was the first to speak.We'd been at this for fifteen minutes and already things were falling apart."Nobody said twenty feet," Michael replied,
~Valeria~The Royal Council chamber was exactly as uncomfortable as the last time I'd been here. Magistrate Reeves was talking about ceremony protocols. Something about processional orders and formal blessings and where everyone would stand.I was half-listening. The other half of my brain was tracking Blackwell's stare and wondering when he'd finally say whatever he was thinking.
~Lysander~Michael was quiet for a moment. "I can help. But my training isn't gentle. It's not safe. And if your brothers find out.""They won't.""They will eventually. You can't hide that kind of improvement.""I'll deal with tha
~Valeria~I covered my nose as we walked deeper inside the guardian beast cave, my boots crunching on bones. Actual human bones, probably.Totally not scary at all.Dad's voice echoed behind us. "The guardian will test your bond. Work together or it'll rip you apart so if you have any arguments sch
~Valeria~
~Valeria~"Work," he muttered. "Come on, work."The warmth seeped into me. Not just physical warmth. Something else. His wolf reaching for mine. The bond we'd formed with the guardian beast lighting up like a wire.My bloodline power responded. Pushed back against the poison harder."It's working,"
~Valeria~The attack came at midnight.One second I was asleep, the next someone was screaming and the smell of smoke filled my room. I jumped out of bed, my heart racing as orange light flashed outside my window.Fire. The whole base was on fire.I ran to the door and yanked it open. The hallway w







