LOGINAdrian stiffened.“Elena,” Ryan said, smiling a little sheepishly. “Do you have a moment? I need to speak with you privately.”I glanced at Adrian. His jaw was tight, but he didn’t try to stop me.…Derek’s POVThe wolf had stopped struggling long before I stopped drinking.He had been young. His sk
Elena’s POV“Absolutely not,” Adrian said.He straightened and began rolling up the map. I stood up to meet him.“I mean it, Adrian. I want to go.”“Elena.” He dragged a hand through his windswept hair, the other neatly tucking the map into the inner pocket of his jacket. “You have no battle experie
Elena’s POV“You were crying out in your sleep,” Adrian said. “What happened?”I sat up straight. I was still at my desk, my books open in front of me, the cup of tea half-finished and cold beside me. My heart was pounding, and I could still feel cold fingers locked around my wrist. But when I looke
She stood, and I stood with her.“And Adrian?” I asked, wringing my hands. “Does he…”“I haven’t told him, and I won’t.” She paused at the door. “I remember you outside my infirmary when that boy was sick. You wouldn’t let anyone so much as look at your own hand until he was cared for. Anyone who lo
Elena’s POVFive days after she took my blood, the old healer came to see me in my office. It was late in the afternoon, and the guest list for the grand opening was spread across my desk again, seemingly no closer to figuring out where to put those Alphas. She knocked once, let herself in when I ca
Selene’s POVLast week…“A proposal,” Selene repeated.Marcus stood in the doorway and nodded curtly.Outside her window, forty-one tents were still sprawled across what had once been her rose garden. The noise was unbearable. And the girl responsible for that was this man’s daughter, or at least, s
Adrian's POVI had no intention of attending my so-called wedding.Having a Luna Princess was an inconvenience I had agreed to, so my father would finally stop bringing it up. I also didn't care who the girl was, so I let my stepmother, Luna Queen Selene choose for me. My past mistakes taught me not
Elena's POV"Father, please," Vivienne said. Her eyes filled. She had practiced the look. "Derek and I have loved each other since we were children. I just — I couldn't say anything before, because I knew you want me to marry the prince. But I can't lie to myself anymore- " She turned and gave me th
Elena's POVIt took me a moment to realize I woke up in my old bedroom, the room I lived in until the day I left to marry Derek.I was in my old cotton nightdress with the chipped buttons. The ceiling had the water stain that my father had refused to fix for me. The iron-latch window was the small o
Elena's POV"I'll allow you to choose your own death for the sake of our ten years of marriage," my husband Derek said, "You should feel grateful, Elena."I looked at Derek standing before me. His face was completely cold as he said those cruel words.I lowered my eyes and saw what had been placed i







