LOGIN“Call her that and see what happens,” Alexander growled, fury rolling off him in waves. “I will have your head.”“I am the future King,” Kyle gritted out as he struggled to suck in a breath. He looked so weak in comparison to Alexander that I almost wanted to laugh.Lucia stood off to the side, her
“There she is,” he said coldly. “The wolf.”My wolf grumbled inside my head. The sound echoed through my chest like distant thunder.Alexander stepped slightly in front of me, his protective aura penetrating the air and making my heart skip a beat.“Watch how you speak to her.”Gasps erupted around
Joanne’s POVThe walk to the throne room felt longer than I remembered.The guards escorted us through the palace corridors while servants pressed themselves against the walls to avoid our path. News of our return had clearly spread already because every face we passed wore the same expression.Shoc
“Who would try to frame him?” James asked, folding his arms across his chest and leaning against the doorway. “And why?”“Anyone who saw Jeremy as a threat,” Alexander said, pressing his lips together as he thought more about it.“Please! These are her private chambers. We must respect the deceased!
Joanne’s POVSilence swallowed the whole room.For a moment, nobody moved. Nobody breathed.I stared at Alexander while my thoughts crashed violently into one another, each realization somehow worse than the last. Jeremy was the son of a human woman… a woman that the King supposedly loved?Then, why
“Sire,” she said nervously, “those journals are considered personal property among the servants. We usually don’t—”“She’s dead,” I snapped harsher than intended.The woman flinched immediately.Guilt flickered through me briefly, but frustration outweighed it.“There’s no reason to protect secrets
Joanne’s POVI press my palm against my stomach, more out of habit than necessity. Nothing felt different physically… at least not really. There was no pain, or bloating… no movement… other than throwing up constantly, there was no sign of me being pregnant.But the results didn’t lie. The results t
That thoughtful look never disappeared or wavered; it only grew more surreal, taking my breath away. I stopped breathing as his lips brushed mine, and the kiss was so powerful that I would have been knocked off my feet if I weren’t already lying down.The kiss was slow, and his tongue only grazed mi
Joanne’s POVMy blood went cold at the sound of her shrilled voice. I didn’t have to look up to know that Lucia was standing over me with her arms folded across her busty chest. Her blond curls were tied up in a bun with strands of hair that fell over her narrow and pretty features. Entwined through
Joanne’s POVMy hands were shaking uncontrollably. I knew now that it was Lucia who was trying to kill me these last few days. Or at least she had something to do with that rogue who attacked me. She was in that room earlier… she dropped her earring, must have realized she only had one earring, and







