LOGINEthan rushed over to him and hugged him. Alaric leaned down to return the hug at once.I was close enough to hear Ethan say, “I love you, Dad.”“I love you, too, Ethan,” Alaric said easily, as he smiled.Ethan pulled away from the hug almost as quickly as he gave it, then turned and ran off, joining
Cara’s POVSo many pack members wanted to attend the coronation that we needed to hold it outside in a large park. Even with as big as the space was, many of the neighboring streets needed to be closed to accommodate the massive crowd that arrived for the event.Loud speakers and cameras had been se
Noel’s POVShortly after the commissioner and Lilia were arrested, Landon and I left the BloodyMoon pack and started traveling again.My goodbye to Cara had been brief, just a simple exchange of words and a hug she had initiated. I still felt some pain, thinking of the dreams I had for us. What I fe
Georgie’s POVWith the head commissioner sentenced to prison, the entire Princess Competition fell apart. It was sad to see, I thought, as it was because of that competition that I had been able to leave my smaller pack and travel the whole of the continent.My people were meant to roam, and this co
I showed him in and led him to the back patio where the Claw sisters and Ryan had been waiting. When Ryan saw Clyde, his expression mirrored what mine must have been, paling.“These are the ones?” Clyde asked, looking between Ryan and me. “Wolves are so small.”“They are good men,” Claudia said. “We
Aidan’s POVI wasn’t upset about the competition’s end. It had been a nightmare to watch, worried about my sister so much. I still thought Cara was being reckless. Just because Eamon and Alaric had given her support didn’t mean any of us had to like the danger she had been putting herself in.Thank
“I had to see you,” he said. “And tell you how wonderful you are doing.”The whole situation with Lilia had me so much on edge that I found it hard to relax, even now in the arms of my beloved. I swayed forward into his arms nonetheless and, closing my eyes, tried to find peace in the steady beat of
Cara’s POVWhen it came time for the match, Georgie, Charlotte, and myself stepped outside the locker room to watch the match. We didn’t have a great view from there, not with all the spectators standing around on the grass in front of us, but with the ring on a bit of a platform, we could at least
Alaric’s POVThe day of the sparring contest, I escorted Cara as far as I could to the venue, before we were forced to split. The contenders had to go to a side entrance where the team locker rooms were. While the onlookers had to go find seats in the stands.Before parting, I gave her the tightest
Alaric’s POVThere was no way in hell we were going to let the head commissioner get away with accusing Cara like that, so before he could start throwing his weight around too much, Eamon, Noel, and I rushed forward toward the ring.We’d already been on our way. Noel had finally returned, and what h







