Aria’s POV Cathy’s words stayed with me, even after I calmed down enough to think more clearly. As I was no longer bond to Lucian, I truly could go wherever I wanted, but where did I want to go? Needing a minute alone, I excused myself from the worried glances of Cathy and Piper, and retreated in
Lucian’s POV “You said you’d be home after work,” Sheila said. “How long did you intend to keep me waiting?” I had told her I was considering coming home tonight, not that I would. That I was here at all should have been reason for celebration, not an excuse to continue to berate me. This type of
Aria’s POV The next few days felt like a blur, my hurt persisting even with the passing days. Though, I did my best to continue on as I always had. One morning I found myself standing in the kitchen chatting with Cathy, when I noticed a calendar beside the phone. “That can’t be the date,” I sai
Lucian’s POV Surrounded by an eerie fog, I didn’t know where I was, but it seemed familiar somehow. I tried to focus on my surroundings, and made out the shapes of concrete pillars. Was this a parking garage? Before me was a frightened, faceless girl. Behind her, on the ground, were two unconscio
Aria’s POV Walking into the kitchen, I set the money aside and focus on the letter instead. Lucian’s words were crisp and succinct. Aria – This money is your divorce compensation. Please use it to pay your legal fees, or to pay back any loans. Lucian I read through the letter, then read throug
Aria’s POV With a new focus – curing Sheila’s infertility – I became single minded in my research and experimentation. While I still allotted some time for my other patients, every other moment was spent in the lab working on concoctions or in the back of my office, researching through my various m
Aria’s POV“No,” Lucian said quickly.I ignored the flash of relief that surged through me. Foolish heart, foolish feelings. Lucian and I had broken our bond. What did it matter now who he decided to have his future children with?Subtly, I placed my hand over my growing belly.However, Sheila just
Lucian’s POVAfter a moment, I shook the thoughts away. Little good it did to dwell on the past now, and on the things I couldn’t change. Aria was gone from my life now, just like Dr. A was soon to be. While there are holes in my daily life, places that once Aria had filled with brightness and goodn
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