Aria’s POV “Isn’t there a television in here?” Carl asked. One of the other healers gestured to a boxy television in the opposite corner. “Turn that on. Let’s see what the news has to say about this.” The other healer obliged. Moving to the television, he flicked it on. The first channel he foun
A crowd had quickly gathered outside of the hospital, of both reporters and regular people alike. All of them were gathering around were a series of microphones were being set up right in front of the doors. Lucian and Silas were both standing there, far enough away from the microphones to speak l
Aria’s POV Once again, I was caught off-guard by how good of a man Lucian was. Not for the first time, he had come to Dr. A’s rescue. If only he had done the same for me when I was Aria, but he could not see my qualities as Aria as easily as he could Dr. A’s. It made me proud and gave me heartac
Aria’s POV “My life has been wonderful enough,” Caleb continued. “I was honored to give everything for the security and fortune of my pack, but I am an old man. I’m done fighting now. This body is giving up on me and I want to listen to and respect what it’s saying.” “I understand,” I told him,
“That defense will be considered,” Lucian said, glaring. “That’s not the one I spoke with,” Silas said. “Tell them, Carl,” the younger Healer said. “Tell them I was only going along with it.” “Shut up, you,” Carl snapped, giving the younger Healer a harsh shove. The man skidded sideways, pushi
Aria’s POV “A debt is unnecessary,” I said, and looked away, not wanting to look at him anymore. Looking at him, my heart raced. Would he be saying these things if he knew I was Aria? My feelings for Lucian were overwhelming. His gesture of thanks meant a lot to me, but I was still angry with
Silas sat down in one of the open seats on the other side of the desk. “If I asked you why you want a divorce, would you tell me?” It was hard to talk about, but this was Silas. With him, even difficult topics came easily. Since I lost my father young, Silas sometimes felt like a father figure to
Sheila’s POV “Because of Dr. A’s abilities and her resolve to never give up, Caleb was able to decide for himself whether he wanted the life-extending medicine or not,” Lucian said on the television. “Because of this, she has saved us all from making a grave error…” Lucian continued speaking, bu
He didn’t seem to mind. In this, as in most things lately, Lucian had allowed me to take the lead. He’d remained supportive and contributed his ideas and opinions, but never once anymore did he state his opinions as law or facts. Instead, we’d had conversations where we weighed the pros and cons of
Jean’s POV“Come on, Luke,” Jean said, tugging on her brother’s sleeve. “I don’t want to be late.”“We won’t be late, Jean,” Luke replied with unfounded confidence. “They won’t start without us.”While the guests had been taking their seats in the wooden fold-out chairs arranged on the beach, and th
In a flash, Lucian was there instead, stepping into the space between us. I couldn’t see what happened, but I smelled Lucian’s blood. My wolf whined in sympathetic pain.The rest of the bottle quickly smashed on the floor.In the end, William was bound to a chair, treated even as the police were on
Aria’s POVIn our little house in Moonglow, I woke up early to head into work. Lucian woke up at the same time as me, I think to have tea with me in the little kitchen. He always took the kids to school before he started his assistant job at the clinic.“You sleep okay?” I asked him, as he heated up
She was beautiful. Why had I never noticed before?Why was I noticing now?Quickly, I looked down at the menu. It was far too soon for a new romance, not if I wanted to find one for real. I wasn’t about to play around with Cathy’s heart, when she had come to be such a friend.And I didn’t want to pl
Jasper’s POVA couple of days after I punched Lucian, and he quit and ran off with Aria, Cathy invited me out to lunch. Sitting across from me now, in a café that we tended to frequent when we got together, she was looking at me as one might a wounded animal, as if trying to determine if I needed co
But Jasper’s words still rang true. When was the last time, as Alpha, I had ever been happy?The job made me miserable, even before Aria had left me. Constant pressure, constant responsibility, constant ridicule, limited thanks. Years and years of it had worn me down, eroded like a rock in the water
Lucian’s POVJasper’s punch caught me by surprised. I stumbled back, nearly into the elevator again as the doors started to close. He definitely broke my nose. Holding it, I stepped forward again, back off the elevator. Blood dripped down onto my shirt.Jasper had several different reasons to be pis
Over the next few days, I didn’t see Lucian at all. Presumably he saw the kids after I took them to spend time with their grandparents. Harold was out of the hospital and eager to see the kids.With the kids there, I returned to Cathy’s and started packing up my clothes and that of the kids. Cathy w