LOGINLeera POVThe answer is seven.In case you were wondering how many times we took turns providing each other with orgasms until I'm pretty sure I literally passed out from the last one and slept until morning.I feel like I'm glowing. I definitely haven't stopped smiling. He said he didn't want to take me here because of the nosey werewolves, but there is no way they didn't hear my screams and his roars last night.I expected to be a little embarrassed this morning, but everyone is acting like they couldn't hear us all night. Maybe they couldn't. Or maybe it's because they're all werewolves, some having found their mate. Maybe sex isn't such a taboo topic in some realms.Like the one I'm a freaking princess of. I'm still working on wrapping my head around all of that, but it makes more sense than anything else so far. Like why I was homeschooled, and we traveled all the time. Why I was given wolfsbane my whole life. Possibly why my parents were taken from me. Why I was kidnapped. It's
Roman POVI don't know why I continue to be surprised by her strength. No matter what information she gets hit with, it only knocks her down long enough for her to properly gather it and store it the way she needs to until she's ready to address it herself.She just got told she has a twin brother, royal parents, and that she's the lost princess of ZABELLA, and after a couple minutes of snuggles, she had completely compartmentalized the entire ordeal.Now we're running through the forest, and I can't take my eyes off of her. I wouldn't if I could. The way her wolf's silver fur glistens in the moonlight is mesmerizing. The way she flies between the trees, you can't even tell her feet touch the ground. If this were one of her Disney movies, there would be a trail of sparkles billowing behind her.But this isn't a movie. This is really happening. My mate is the lost princess.Potentially kidnapped by my father not once, but twice now. And what is he after?I'm trying to take LEERA's lead
Leera POVI sit on the log, staring out at the clearing in complete and total shock at the giant, steaming pile of shit my life has become in the last year.I feel like one of those cartoon waitresses trying to get back to the kitchen with the dirty dishes, but people just keep throwing more on the pile. Now, instead of just trying to get to the kitchen, I have to get there without dropping or breaking anything.I was slightly terrified yet so excited for my first shift. It felt otherworldly to be united with my wolf.Until it all came crashing down. Again.Because that's what my life does.I should be enjoying my wolf. Running with ROMAN and the men. Nope. Not me.I find out I'm some twisted Twilight version of Rapunzel.I guess in some ways it took an item off of my life-stuff-to-figure-out list, but now that adds more questions as well.I know who my birth parents are, but I'm no closer to knowing how the parents that raised me came to have me in their possession. We also don't kno
Roman POVShe is the single most magnificent creature I have ever seen, but I’m in such a state of shock that I can’t even properly convey that to her.Now she seems upset with me as I all but drag Andrei across the clearing so we can privately discuss what the fuck just happened.Leera has her tail tucked between her legs like she’s done something wrong.“Leera, baby, it’s not you. You’re fucking perfect, but—”I pull my T-shirt off over my head as I move her toward the tree.“I need you to shift back for me for just a minute. We need to have a very important discussion. Then you can shift back and spend as much time with your wolf as you’d like.”She tilts her head at me, which I interpret to mean, And exactly how the fuck am I supposed to do that? No one told me.“You focus on your body and will yourself back into your human form.”“You can tell your wolf to, and she’ll help.”She plants her front paws in preparation and narrows her eyes in concentration.She shifts flawlessly, but
Leera POVThey pout in jest and kick rocks like scolded children.The kids and pups scurry to the tables, some dragging their mothers, and begin making plates. A couple of them try to woo their parents into letting them have dessert first.Roman comes up to my side, and I lean into him, just taking it all in.“I love it here,” I tell him breathlessly. “Your pack, the land—it feels like the real world, except none of my problems can reach us here.”He wraps one arm around me, pulling me closer, and kisses the top of my head.“I’ve always felt at peace here, but nothing compares to being here with you.”I turn into him, resting my hand on his heart.“I’m beginning to understand that my peace seems to be wherever you are.”Just as I lean in to kiss him, Benny pops out from behind Roman.“New guy seems okay, yeah?”He’s smiling like he knows exactly what he just did, and he narrowly dodges a smack to the back of the head.“Gotta be quicker than that, old man!”“Can we eat now? I’m starved
Leera POVWe’ve spent all day helping the pack prepare for tonight, and we’re about an hour away from beginning the acceptance ceremony for the new wolf.We met and spoke with him earlier, and he seemed really nice. He was raised in a pack in the south, but when their alpha passed without an heir, it tore the pack apart. Friends and brothers turned on each other, so he made his way north. When he heard of Roman’s pack, he continued his journey here.I have never seen so much food in one place in my life.It makes sense, though. I’ve seen how much food six of them can eat—I can’t imagine cooking for an entire pack every day.The wood the men collected for the bonfire is stacked in a teepee shape that’s taller than me in the center of the rock circle we saw when we first arrived. With the wood piled that high, that bonfire is going to be humongous.I’m starting to get a bit jittery from nerves, but I keep reminding myself how worth it this will be.It almost feels like the jitters aren’







