MasukI shut my book and walked over to one of the storage shelves, where I had organized some dried herbs. I pulled open a drawer and retrieved a bundle, then walked back over to the workstation and began pulling it apart and tossing it into the mortar and pestle for grinding.“What’s that?” Gideon asked
Avery’s POVThe new office smelled like the pot of tea that I had steeping on the corner of the desk, fresh air, and old wood. It was, admittedly, a bit better than the stifling humidity of the old greenhouse. A lot better, actually, even if I knew this whole space was just Sebastian’s thinly veiled
I hesitated, considering telling him no, that I wanted to be left alone. But his offer intrigued me, and before I knew it, I was following him out of the library and down the hall.There was a room at the end of the hall that I had never really paid much attention to before; just one of the many roo
Avery’s POVI returned to Evergreen a little before sunset, after meeting briefly with Aldric and the pack healers to discuss the next moves now that the trial period was over. The medicine was set to be rolled out to the other sick children within the fortnight, the news of which made up for the ra
To be fair, Sebastian looked genuinely offended by that.“That’s where you’re wrong, Gideon. I’m offering her this arrangement because I care about her and Bjorn. I love them both.”“And yet,” I said, “the feeling isn’t mutual. Not in the way you want it to be, at least.” I took a small step forward
Avery’s POVI was about to respond when Sebastian spoke first.“That’s none of your business,” he said.Gideon snapped his head toward him. “I think it is my business, when it involves my mate.”“She may be your mate, but she doesn’t belong to you.”“She doesn’t belong to you either, Sebastian.” Gid
Of course, I wouldn’t touch any of it. Not just because alcohol was bad for the pregnancy, but because it could be poisoned. I sat, but I didn’t pick up my spoon, even though the stew actually looked and smelled really good.“You’re not going to eat?” The Rogue King asked, tilting his head. He had a
I tried to imagine him as a little kid, feet swinging off of a stool as he ate his lunches.“What was it like to grow up with a powerful wolf?” I asked, curiously, “My own wolf didn’t manifest when I was a child, so I never knew what it was like.”“It was a sudden change,” he admitted, staring off i
He grabbed my hand and placed the eyepatch in my palm. It was still warm from resting on his face. He curled my fingers around it and squeezed tight, so tight it hurt. “Don’t you want to be my queen?”“I’ll never be your rogue queen.”He snorted. “Of course not. I would never expect a Lycan princess
His words struck a chord in me, and I paused to consider. After a while, only one conclusion was obvious.“She knows my half-sister, and through her she probably knows… what happened to me in Silvermoon. She knew that I had been betrayed.”Gideon inhaled a heavy breath.“Tell me more about that,” he







