LOGINELENA'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
ANDREW'S POV,The message came through my father's old spy network in a crimson envelope.Thanks to Ryan and his beta, Corbin, I knew what it was even before I broke the seal. Still, the moment I started reading the letter, the room seemed to shrink around me. The quiet of the guest suite pressed in
She turned her face upwards, blinking at me with a big smile. “I think the game has finally begun, and we are going to have so much fun. Given, if you do as told.”“I don't doubt you,” I said, even as doubt gnawed at the edges of my thoughts. “But I'd sleep better if I knew exactly what you're plann
ELENA'S POV,The Presidential Palace had never looked more alive.Warm rays of sunlight streamed through the tall arched windows, catching on crystal chandeliers and polished marble floors. Flags of both nations hung side by side, along with a few banners of Ryan's and Andrew's Pack here and there.
“No, we're not leading those people to their death,” I said, staring at her with bewilderment because I never thought she would suggest something like that. “They are my people, even if they're not part of my pack. How could you even suggest something like that?”“Andrew, this is your father.” She s







