GLORIA'S POV After shopping with Dr Lucy and napping away the afternoon with the pups in the nursery, I find my way to Edwardâs rooms. The guards told me he just returned from the refugee camp, but when he opens the door for me heâs all smiles. I give him a hug and a kiss on the cheek, and he welcomes me in. âYou wouldnât happen to be in the mood for an afternoon snack, would you?â He inquires knowingly. âBecause personally Iâm starving.âIâm fairly certain this is a plot to make sure Iâm feeding myself well, but my stomach growls loudly as I find a seat on the couch. Still, I try to sound demure as I shrug, âI could eat.âEdward laughs before calling down to the kitchens and ordering a small feast. As we eat he tells me all about his day at the refugee camp and I, in turn, share my frustration with my sudden celebrity and Dr Lucyâs news about Brian. He can only shake his head. âThat boy has made some bad choices in his life, but Iâve been very proud of him these last few months.
GLORIA'S POV If I thought the world was going to look different waking up as a Luna, I was wrong. Everything is the same, even though I feel like an entirely different person than I was yesterday. I suppose I should be getting used to having my entire identity and sense of self turned upside down and inside out, but it never seems to get any easier. If anything it just becomes more confusing. I still canât believe that I know who my parents are⌠that my father likely killed Damianâs mother⌠that my own mother is out there somewhere. Frankly I canât even contemplate the Goddessâs role in all this, itâs difficult enough being a princess without also being some sort of demi god.Above all else, I canât wait until Damian is home next week. Yes, weâll be preoccupied with the summit, but with everything thatâs happening right now I simply donât feel steady without him. I need my mate, and I know heâs just as anxious being away. He would barely release me from our dream date last night,
GLORIA When I wake up the next morning, I feel better rested than I have in weeks. For the first time since I started hypnosis, V hasnât had to charge in during the middle of the night to wake me from my night terrors. Simply being able to connect with my mate did wonders for my state of mind, and even though our lovemaking was reserved for our dreams, my body is sated and satisfied.Even though I just saw Damian, my heart leaps when my phone rings a moment later, and I pull the device from itâs charger. âGood morning my love.â I greet him, beaming.âGood morning, gorgeous.â His handsome face fills the screen, still drowsy from sleep. âHow are you feeling?ââA thousand times better.â I admit, because not only did he save me from my nightmares, but the weight of my lies are finally off my shoulders. I run my hand over my belly, checking in with our pup.Rafe is happy too, heâs been missing you as much as I haveââIâm glad youâre both feeling better,â He rumbles, â though I have to tel
GLORIA'S POV âWhat do you mean, it was a memory?â Damian asks carefully. âI thought the priests came to you in the orphanage? I donât remember anything about humans attacking you in the woods.âI stare at my lap, cradling my belly and trying to figure out how to explain my deceit. I knew this conversation was inevitable -I even prepared for it, but these are not the circ.umstances I expected. I didnât imagine I would be so emotionally fragile, or that Damian would be wrapped around me purring, fresh off of rescuing me from a traumatic nightmare. I thought I would be able to present my case and apologize, acknowledging my wrong doing with confidence and strength of conviction.Now I fear itâs going to tumble out as a mess of excuses and tangled feelings.âGloria?â Damian presses, his voice taking on a dominant tone.When I finally look up at him, tears pour from my lashes. âIve still been doing the hypnosis.â I confess, my l!ps quivering with every word. âI went behind your back and c
DAMIAN'S POV When I arrive in the dream forest, Iâm alone â as I have been almost every night since I left.However, rather than calling for my mate as I usually do, by picturing her in my mind and willing her to come to me with the sheer force of my longing and determination, I send my power outward. I unleash the full force of my magic, spreading it as far and wide as I can, searching every inch of this enchanted plane of existence. It rolls off of me like a dense fog, ebbing past the limits of my own consciousness to delve through the mating bond and track Gloria.Dreams are strange this way: both closer to and more distant from reality, so that our souls can join when the Goddessâs power is at its peak, even as doors to fantastical and surreal worlds swing wide. I donât know where my mate is, but as long as she is also in the realm of dreams, I know I can find her.It isnât easy. It takes what feels like hours to finally sense her presence, to detect her heartbeat across the vast
DAMIAN'S POV We left the elders place and three days later, I had to go and see Grandpa with Brian and Gloria said she's going back to that Magical Castle with Edward.These days, I haven't heard anything about grandpa from Victoria and this got me wondering what she was up to because as long as I know Victoria, she never backs off that easily. Even though, Evelyn left, I could still sense her scent from Brian everytime we meet and these days that he wasn't bugging me, I'm sure he's up to something with her too.But deep down I really wished they get together because they seems to have the perfect vibe for each other. âIâm worried about Gloria.â I confess, pushing away my dinner. I was at his house after the visiting at the hospital. "I don't trust that guy Edward and that witch she's going to see, who knows who the witch is?"As usual, Grandpa is still numb but there's still life in him. I told him about how Gloria found her wolf and how we still haven't find anything about her p