MasukAmelia’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
Amelia’s POV Damien looked at me for a moment, and I held my breath. It really seemed like he might actually answer me this time and tell me something that would help ease my troubled mind. Obviously, I had missed a lot, if Sienna and Claire had both tried to kill me more than once. I knew, in my
Claire’s POV In the evenings, after I returned from trial, Sienna and I would talk about everything that occurred. She didn’t get to watch television much here in jail, and while I found her mostly annoying and far beneath me, I didn’t have many options for conversation here. And I didn’t have man
For the first time, really, I started to feel like I was a good mother. The moment Damien returned that even and spoke to the lead guard, his face went hard. I thought he might be proud too, but instead, he stormed toward me and said, “You promised me you wouldn’t leave the house.” I blinked, surp
Amelia’s POV When the girls and I arrived home, without their father, I put the exhausted children to bed and then stayed up waiting for Damien. I kept looking out the window, reliving the night’s events. I didn’t think I could find sleep tonight even if I wanted to, with the weight of everything







