Chapter 91

Nova’s POVI wasn’t sure how I was feeling anymore. Should it be relief that a plan was in motion or anxiety that if this goes wrong there was no plan B? Should I be worried for the safety of the people involved in the plan, I gathered most of them were part of this criminal underworld I never knew about, but they were still people and if my brothers did what they were planning, they were going to be my people to worry about.It was this anxiety that had Leo finding me in the palace kitchen at 3 am stuffing my face with chocolate chip muffins, like they may be some kind of cure to my current feelings. I am sat looking at the view of the grounds from the big kitchen window when he walks up behind me and wraps his arms around my shoulder and kisses me on top of my head.“Worrying about Operation Elder?” Leo asks as he takes a seat next to me.“I’m more worried about what a shit name it got to be honest” I mutter around another bite of muffin. I look at Leo and smile gently. “Nah, I just

Chapter 92

Leo’s POVAs we climbed into the SUVs, lined up outside the palace, I looked at Nova and a surge of pride hit me. Her deep red hair was in a no-nonsense ponytail that swings as she walks. She walks with purpose and a determined stride. I loved the confidence this woman had gained in such a short time. The difference between Nova hiding in my father’s kitchens and the Nova about to walk into battle was unfathomable. I did wonder if I should be concerned about how much she seemed to be enjoying herself right now. But I loved seeing the spark in her blue eyes, that at one time, I thought I had killed forever.Sitting next to me in the SUV she reached across and took my hand. I would never get tired of feeling her smooth skin slide against mine and the reassuring warmth of having her this close to me.Personally I didn’t want her to come today. I didn’t like the idea of my mate being in danger and I wasn’t keen walking her into it myself. My wolf was extra antsy about the idea but couldn

Chapter 93

Nova’s POVAs I sat in an ugly, over washed hospital gown I was realising my mistake had been calling the arrests anti-climactic. Now I was sat here holding Leo’s hand while he lay unconscious in the bed before me, willing him to wake the hell up so I could tell him off and then give him a shock that may cause him to pass out again.My entire right arm ached from where that bastard Montague got a good grip on it with his jaws before the warrior next to me knocked him flying. He’d managed to get a chunk out of my arm before he was forced to let go and though it would heal as good as new, it was currently sore and itchy as hell, while it tried to knit back together.Not that I even felt it at the time. The moment I turned and saw Leo going down like a sack of potatoes I filtered out everything else, getting on my knees next to him and holding him until my brothers peeled me off him to come to the hospital. Someone had tried to put us into separate ambulances but I wasn’t going for it an

Chapter 94

Novas’s POVLuckily for us, Leo only needed an overnight stay at the hospital. The next morning I was there bright and early collecting him and bringing him home to the palace, where I was going to enforce a strict regime of bed rest for the next few days. He didn’t seem inclined to fight me on this so my wolf and I were happy.I took him to our bedroom and tucked him in while he pouted at me and informed me he was not a child. I pointed out that he only had about 7 months left of being the sole focus of my attention and should lap it up while he can. That stopped his ungrateful grumbling while he let me spoon feed him soup. Okay maybe I was babying him but my instincts to protect and nurture were going wild.During the day my brothers came in to check on us and to keep us up to date on what was happening. They looked like they had had about an hour of sleep between them in the last 24 hours and the second Peter sat down on the cosy sofa in my room his eyelids were already drooping.

Chapter 95

Nova’s POVI’m currently watching the weirdest standoff I’ve ever seen. What I didn’t know when I invited Professor Moss and Tilly to meet in person is that they already knew each other. I really didn’t expect to find out the 5 foot 8 man who dresses like everyday is Sherlock Holmes cosplay day would be the ex mate of Tall, willowy witch.I am less surprised that they separated because not even being fated mates could make them capable of saying a civil word to each other. The gist I am getting with them both trying to explain to me why they loath each other and argue with each other about the details, is that he thinks she is a flake and doesn’t take anything seriously enough and has no respect for his profession or his beliefs.Tilly thinks he is a stuck-up, narrow-minded curmudgeon and has no respect for anything outside of his own tiny set of beliefs and he disrespected her witch clan at their mating ceremony and never apologised for it. He disagrees he did anything wrong and thin

Chapter 96

Nova’s POVOnce tea and cake are consumed and everyone’s revived a bit from the drive I start to feel nervous. I’ve been trying not to get my hopes up and trying not to think about what the potential of all this is, but if this works, I will have a mum and dad. I know I have been making constant half joking comments about having them back to do their jobs but that’s because I don’t want to admit the truth. After being rejected by the only family I ever had, what if they don’t want me. what if they think I am broken or too much hard work? What if they’re not the people everyone keeps telling me they are.Until this year I’ve lived a life of disappointment. I just don’t know if I am ready to face anymore. No, I tell myself, I cant think like that. I am going to wake them up, tell them their missing daughter is home and she’s going to make them into grandparents. Positive thinking. Manifest destiny.Tilly and Lyle have come to an uneasy truce, which basically consists of them not talking