LOGINAmelia’s POVDamien and I rolled back and forth on our shared bed, making love for the fourth time that night alone. When the house was quiet, with everyone but us asleep, we couldn’t keep our hands off of each other.Some nights our lovemaking was rough and impassioned, other nights we were quick a
Amelia’s POVMaybe I should have left well enough alone, but with Sienna in prison, I couldn’t help but want to visit her. While I had believed myself to be Annette, Sienna had been my sister, and though she had betrayed that trust many times, I still felt connected to her in a way that I didn’t fee
Damien’s POVMy pack warriors readied themselves, but, despite Richard’s calls for his rogues to rally, many, seeing the chaos that had already befallen the battlefield, and their leader battered and broken, decided to turn and run.My side held our ground, watching warily as the rogues defied their
Damien’s POVI was on the ground, with Richard’s teeth sinking into my neck. Hot blood pushed from my wounds, curling down through my fur and dripping onto the dirt beneath me.This could so easily be the end.My body was tired. If I just closed my eyes, none of this would matter anymore.As the blo
Damien’s POVWhen we returned to the border to meet with Richard and his group, Benedict declared, “I accept your challenge on the condition that my successor will fight on my behalf.”“Your… successor?” Richard asked.All eyes fell onto me. “Yes. I’ve named Alpha Damien as my heir. I assum
Claire’s POVAlpha King Benedict looked more than just nervous. The idea of fighting Richard seemed to absolutely terrify him, and probably for good reason. Everyone knew that Benedict didn’t fight publically anymore, so his abilities had been kept secret for years.The man wasn’t getting any younge
Damien’s POVI only heard two words from Amelia’s phone call.Kids. Gone.That was enough to have me racing down the hallways and out the door of the office building without any explanation to anyone I had even just been talking to.I didn’t care about anything else in this moment except my children
I was proud of my capable mate, but I would need to be dead before I would risk losing her again. There was no place riskier than the battlefield. She could be snatched away from me in a heartbeat, even if I tried to keep an eye on her.I hoped I would be able to talk her out of her desire to fight,
Damien’s POVI couldn’t stop from scanning the crowd, searching for Amelia. As this was the final fight, if she was still here, she had to be in the bleachers somewhere, cheering on her favorite fighter.I wondered if she was cheering for Crow, or if she saw, as I did, the same unsettling and distas
Damien’s POVI dragged Amelia all the way back to the healers’ tent, where I forced everyone else out. Eve had already disappeared, maybe to watch the fight, but others were still lingering. With the bite in my voice, they didn’t stick around for very long.When Amelia and I were finally alone, I tr







