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
ANDREW’S POV,Ever since I told Elena the truth about her past, the Presidential Palace had been too quiet for my liking.Judging by the look Alpha Ryan had been giving me after that, I was sure she told him too. Before there was jealousy in his eyes, but now I could only see fear and curiosity. He
RYAN’S POV,I was waiting for Prince Andrew in my room, while sorting through my thoughts. I was trying to decide what I actually wanted to discuss with him.I didn't invite him to have a conversation about the future of our nations, as many of the elders from my pack suggested. They could sense the
ANDREW'S POV,The letter arrived before dawn.I was still on my bed, twisting and turning anxiously, waiting for the news. Even though I was certain that Elena was my sister, there was a small ember of doubt burning inside my chest, mostly because of my conversations with Georgina and President Ryan
RYAN'S POV,“You don't have the luxury of moral crusades.”The words settled heavily between us, and the look on Prince Andrew's face was everything I was hoping for. There was fear in his eyes, mixed with confusion and anger that he couldn't control. He was in complete shock, and for the first time







