LOGIN~Valeria~Saw me in the dress with Zane's cloak and Caius kneeling at my feet with a needle."What is happening?""The dress is appropriate. And it's what Dad picked out. So unless you want to argue with him.""I'm not arguing with a
~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.
Chapter 32~Valeria~The moment Alerion’s name was announced as the winner, the crowd erupted into cheers. I could hear my brothers' names being called next, Caius and Zane tied for second, and Lysander trailing just behind in third. Not everyone was pleased with their victory but they didn’t care
~Valeria~The moment the whistle blew, I knew we were screwed.Not because we weren’t strong enough, or smart enough. No, we had all of that. But something about this challenge just made it seem like they were hell bent on humbling us.Maybe it was the way the organizers smirked as they explained t
~Alerion~I was in the wrong place at the right time. That was the only explanation. I wasn’t following her. I wasn’t looking for her. I was just... there. Walking. Thinking. Telling myself I didn’t care where she was or who she was with. And then I heard it. A struggle for life. A sharp gasp.
Chapter 33~Valeria~If I had placed a bet on how dirty this could get, I would have been a lot richer than my stepfather. Guys didn’t do words. They did fists. “The rules are simple,” the leader sneered, rolling his shoulders as he measured up to Alerion. “One-on-one. No weapons. Just our wolves







