LOGINGEORGINA'S POV, The safe house was on the outer edge of the city, tucked behind a row of buildings that had been abandoned. It was exactly the kind of place that didn't exist on any map anyone important looked at—unremarkable, forgettable, useful. I had three of them positioned across the kingdom
GEORGINA'S POV, I had known Anil for long enough to understand that his greatest flaw was also the thing that had once made me want him, he actually believed in things. Not strategically, not as performance, but genuinely, the way people believe in things when no one has yet taught them how expensi
ELIAS'S POV, I had been in enough rooms like this one to recognize the architecture of a trap before anyone bothered to spring it. Karlson was the provocateur, that much was obvious within the first few minutes of watching him work. He had the particular gift of people who had spent decades inside
ELIAS'S POV, I was seven years old the first time I saw her. My father had taken me to one of those gatherings. The noble families dressed it up as celebrations but were really just exercises in demonstrating power—who stood where, who spoke first, who had the finest clothes and the most polished
ELENA'S POV, Something shifted before anyone said a word. It wasn't loud or obvious, but I felt it, the way a room changes when danger decides to walk in and make itself comfortable. Andrew's warning still echoed in my ears, low and controlled but sharp enough to cut through everything else. Stay
ANDREW'S POV, Something ate at my nerves once we realised that neither of us were ready to move back. It pulled my mind from them and their smug looks. I thought about the bigger picture, the dirty politics that had ruined this kingdom for years. Every deal hid a knife. Every promise was a trick
ELENA'S POV,I stared at Ryan with my mouth wide open. I couldn't believe he just said that, and so casually, too. He didn't look embarrassed at all; he smiled and slid one of his hands under my shorts, while still holding down both of my hands with his other. He leaned closer to my face, and the wa
RYAN'S POV,The door to Prince Andrew’s room closed softly behind us, and we walked away, sealing the chaos inside. I knew for sure that something wasn't right about Prince Andrew but didn't want to cause any friction between the two nations. So, I decided to leave with Elena because I knew she wasn
The doctor hesitated; he was clearly uncomfortable because of the way they were treating him. I wanted Ryan to stand up for him, but he did nothing. “Alpha, with respect, I need to see him to assess—”“I said I’ll describe it,” Joyce interrupted him. Her voice dropped lower, and her eyes started to
ELENA'S POV,The tension and fear in the room didn't fully disappear, even after Prince Andrew started to breathe normally again.Georgina was sitting beside him on the bed, holding a damp cloth to his forehead and muttering quiet prayers under her breath. The words she was repeating were foreign to







