LOGINSilence settled between us.Jax watched me closely, his gaze moving over my face as if he were searching for something. I didn’t know what he hoped to find.Eventually, his posture loosened, and he reached for his fork.“I’m sorry,” he said. “I’m just afraid of losing you again. I can’t lose you to
Cecilia’s POVI returned to the sitting room, but I couldn’t make myself cross the threshold.Jax looked up and smiled. The expression vanished the moment he noticed me frozen in the doorway.“You were gone longer than expected,” he said, pulling out a chair for me. “Did something happen?”“Apparent
“I never touched her.”“Why do you feel the need to tell me this if I am only your concubine?” I askedHe stepped closer, making me suck in a sharp breath.“You are not just my concubine. You never were; my wolf knew it before I did.”I’m not sure what that meant.“The old Cecilia might have gotten
Cecilia’s POVJax was supposed to be my mate.So why did I feel nothing when he touched me?His thumb moved slowly over the back of my hand. The gesture should have comforted me. It should have awakened something inside me: warmth, desire, recognition.Instead, there was nothing.No pull.No spark.
Sophia shot out of the chair.“No!”Every guard in the chamber reached for a weapon.Sophia froze, her breathing ragged.“This is insane,” she said, tears forming in her eyes. “The mark is yours. You marked me in the gardens. Don’t you remember?”I took the needle from Irena.“No, I don’t.”Her face
It was clear he didn’t trust me.“King Viktor requests your presence in the western council chamber, Your Majesty.”“Did he say why?”“No.”His expression never shifted.Viktor’s people were disciplined to an unnerving degree. Their heartbeats remained steady, their scents were carefully controlled,







