MasukELENA'S POV, The room they had given me to wait in was small by palace standards, which still made it larger than most rooms I had lived in during the years between then and now. Someone had placed flowers on the narrow table by the window, white ones, and I didn't know whether that was intentiona
RYAN'S POV, “Ollie needs stability,” he said, leaning back on his chair. “She's been patient, she's always been too patient for a child her age, and I've been asking her to share me with an entire nation for years.” He paused, turning the pen in his hand slowly, like he was still working out how to
ELENA'S POV, “Support the Queen,” he said, and the way both of them were talking through their eyes, it made me shake my head in embarrassment. “I have control over both of the packs. I will be their new Alpha, and after that, I will ensure that the packs publicly come forward in your support, wit
ELENA'S POV, Three weeks had passed, and I was still learning the weight of the crown. Not the physical one, that stays in a glass case in the east wing and comes out only for the formal occasions, like coronations or state dinners. The other kind, the kind that lived in every decision made befor
The King's jaw tightened. "I will not hand the Crown of this Kingdom to a woman based on a prophecy and a viral video." "Then we'll take it based on those things and the army standing outside your gates," Ryan said, still perfectly even, still without heat. "Your choice is not whether this happens
"They came out," Ryan said quietly, watching the road ahead. "At this hour. They came out." I didn't answer because I didn't have words for it yet. I just watched the faces moving past the window and let the weight of it land where it needed to land. --- The Palace gates were already breached
ELENA'S POV,The breakfast was unnecessarily uncomfortable then it had to be, and I wasn't sure how to react in such a weird situation.The bitterness I felt in my heart when I looked around the room wasn't because of the food or the amazing company I was having early in the morning. No! I was bitte
RYAN'S POV, The dinner that evening was quieter than usual, though the room was full of people. Politicians, council members, and our foreign Lycan guests were scattered around the room. The tables were covered in silver and china. Every word I spoke, every handshake, every polite nod — it all fel
ELENA’S POV,I barely closed the door after Ryan had left the room, before my legs started to tremble beneath me. I felt very lost and overwhelmed by the questions in my head that had no answer. I thought telling Ryan, might help me put the whole thing under a new light, but it didn't. I was still a
ANDREW'S POV, “Good night, Prince Andrew.” Her voice lingered long after she turned away and went inside her room. I gave her a short nod when she looked at me for the last time, pretending it meant nothing, and followed Georgina back down the corridor. Ryan was still standing at the far end of t







