LOGIN“There is too much blood.”A nurse was there shoving on my lower abdomen. Hard. I didn’t have the strength to cry out. The world grew dark and was gone.Ezren’s POVEzren froze, and so did Grace.“She’s bleeding out. Get her to the OR.”It happened so fast, Ezren didn’t know what to do. The nurses w
Freya’s POVFive months later.The pain was unreal. It was like my body was being cut in half. I tried to breathe through the contraction and not inflict bodily harm on Ezren. He was next to me, holding my leg up, looking excited and horrified all at once.“Breathe, Freya. Slow it down.”“Don’t tell
Freya’s POVIt felt weird being in the challenge arena for my wedding. I was lucky to squeeze my baby bump into my black fighting leather armor one last time, or at least for the next few months.The arena was littered with an assortment of flowers, and their scent was coating the air with sweetness
Grace hadn’t been wrong. It was a mess of a day, and I was pooped. Making my way to the meeting chamber for my last scheduled appointment. Grace peeled off to the east wing to meet up with Parker for dinner.I was ready for dinner, too, and to see Ezren. He had been missing since early this morning,
Freya’s POVI strolled into the palace kitchen, where a calamity was taking place.“We only have two days to get this place in order,” hollered Cook. I think she enjoyed having an entire room of minions to do her bidding.She leveled me with a glare, and I froze. “Did I do something?”“Two days to p
After what felt like an eternity, his head rose, and he sank to his knees, both hands on my belly now. As his hands rested there, a fluttering kick met his fingers. I smiled. Did the pup know his father was there? Could he sense him? It was a nice thought.My fear slipped between my fingers like san
FreyaI woke up slowly, surprised to find that my head was clear. I was no longer drunk, my body wasn’t in pain, and most importantly, I wasn’t on the ballroom floor.For a moment, I just laid there, trying to piece together what had happened. I was in a comfortable bed, surrounded by silence, in a
“Then you don’t know Freya very well,” Ezren said.The two men fell into a tense silence. Despite the rumors, Ezren and Anderson, the latter now in his fifties, had become friends over time. Initially, Anderson had criticized Ezren publicly, which led to the rumor that the two had a poor relationshi
FreyaAnderson’s question caught me off guard. I blinked at him, confused by the sudden shift in topic after we’d just spent an hour discussing business.“No,” I said carefully. “Why?”Anderson leaned back in his chair, studying me with newfound interest. “He’s the one who caught you when you collap
I took a moment to gather myself, smoothing down my wrinkled dress and running a hand through my tangled hair. I probably looked like hell, but there wasn’t much I could do about that now. I needed to focus on the reason I had come here in the first place: to secure a partnership with Anderson.As i







