ANMELDENKael Kael sat alone in his office, gulping back the threatening tears and glaring at his useless investigation files. What a waste of time. Nothing here had helped him understand Vincent’s cryptic warning about Freda. If anything, it had just made him more certain that Freda was the lost Lycan Prin
And being with Freda didn’t feel at all like it had felt to be with Nadia. Her scent didn’t feel like home the way Nadia’s smell of bright citrus did. She didn’t challenge Kael when he was acting self-important, shoot him wry smiles, or open his eyes to what it was like to live a life without any of
Kael The conversation Kael had had with Vincent that night on the training field…hadn’t gone the way Kael wanted. Not even a little bit. But it might have gone the way Vincent wanted. Because Vincent had managed to plant the tiniest seed of doubt deep in Kael’s mind. Kael couldn’t get the regent’
Nadia Mentally, I smacked myself in the forehead. What was I thinking? Of course the princess shops in the same kinds of high-end stores that Anna does. But why did she have to be here today? Anna froze at my side. Freda, meanwhile, just crooked an eyebrow at the two of us. “Wow! I’m certainly sur
Nadia I dreamed of her that night. And the next night, and the night after that. All week long, I was haunted by strange, wavering dreams of my mother. Of both my parents, actually, rare though that was for me. I dreamed of my mother, her face hidden by long auburn hair, holding my close against h
Nadia I went to bed that night knowing that once again, I’d made a fool of myself in front of both my prior and current mates. Demanding that Kael believe me over Freda about the attack; not-so-subtly propositioning Vincent. I probably spent the entire night with a face as red as a tomato. I even f
Now way in hell was I going to let that happen.Orion issued another whistle. “Any day now, pups.”Anna lunged.She threw her claws out at me first, slashing low toward my face. I bent out of the way, but she was too quick—worryingly so. I wasn’t fast enough to avoid all of her. Nails connected with
KaelKael should have stepped in sooner.As Orion’s assistant, it was part of his duty to prevent accidents during training. To stop any of the pent up students from taking it too far with one another. But Nadia’s endurance had shocked him. Intrigued him.He had let it go too far, too caught up in w
NadiaFor a moment, Vincent was silent. He didn’t want to tell me the truth—that much was clear by the shift in his feet. By the tightness in his jaw as he ran a hand over it, clearing his throat.Despite myself, I appreciated the hesitation.I’d been waiting my whole life for this moment. After yea
The medicine would take some time to kick in, so I returned to the bathroom, refilled the glass, and dampened two rags with chilled water. Kael practically sighed when I touched the cold fabric to his skin. I draped one across his neck, covering the quick, fleshy tick of his pulse, and used the othe







