“Valerie… we followed him.” He said, looking away from me. “He's been acting strange lately. There are men who have disappeared. We have to follow him.”My heart sank. “Followed him? Men who disappeared, What the hell are you talking about?”“We wanted to make sure everything was safe. Just in case.
Caspian:She was quiet.Not the kind of quiet that came with peace, but the kind that throbbed like a wound beneath the surface. One that I could tell on you meant chaos was on the way. One that I knew she was doing her best to try and keep controlled.Valerie hadn’t spoken a word to me since this m
“No,” I agreed. “It’s intentional. Whatever it is that they have in mind, it is intentional.”I crossed the room and poured myself a glass of whiskey, letting the burn cut through the tension in my chest. I didn’t like this. I didn’t like playing a game I couldn’t see all the pieces of.And I hated
Ryan:I hadn’t stepped foot in this estate in years. And after her father had died, I did not believe that I would ever see her again. That I would ever see anyone of power again. Not since the tides of power shifted in ways none of us expected. Not since everything seemed to choose at differen
Valerie:I didn’t know what I expected when I stepped into Caspian’s office, but it wasn’t him.I wasn't even sure why he had called me to his office, but I did not expect him to be calling me to see the one person that I knew just disappeared when my father died.My feet froze just past the thresho
“No,” Caspian said, calm but firm. “Ryan came to us. We called him in when we realized your brother had dismissed him along with the rest of your father’s men. The ones who were loyal. The ones who could have stopped this. The ones that could have told you the truth behind everything that was going
Caspian:I didn’t know what hurt more.Watching the way Valerie walked out of my office without a word, or knowing that I was the one who let it get that far. That I had allowed her to stand in that room and be blindsided by the truth I already knew.Hey, truth that I knew that she did not want to a
Valerie:I told myself I wouldn’t break.I told myself I’d hold it together, for Adrian, for the pack, for everyone who still believed in me.I told myself that I needed to stand strong, that I should not afford allowing myself to fall.But it was getting harder.With each passing moment, I found it
The kiss deepened. Her mouth parted, and I took it, claiming her like I’d never stopped wanting to. My hand slipped into her hair, and she moaned against me, arching into my touch.“Valerie…” I breathed, my lips brushing hers.Her eyes met mine, dark with heat. “Don’t ask.”I hesitated.“Are you sur
Caspian:The living room was quiet except for Adrian’s excited voice as he recounted a story about something he had seen near the garden, something about a glowing butterfly, and how he thought it might be magical.How much I wanted to explain to him that he was the one who was magical, that the but
Valerie:I told myself I wouldn’t break.I told myself I’d hold it together, for Adrian, for the pack, for everyone who still believed in me.I told myself that I needed to stand strong, that I should not afford allowing myself to fall.But it was getting harder.With each passing moment, I found it
Caspian:I didn’t know what hurt more.Watching the way Valerie walked out of my office without a word, or knowing that I was the one who let it get that far. That I had allowed her to stand in that room and be blindsided by the truth I already knew.Hey, truth that I knew that she did not want to a
“No,” Caspian said, calm but firm. “Ryan came to us. We called him in when we realized your brother had dismissed him along with the rest of your father’s men. The ones who were loyal. The ones who could have stopped this. The ones that could have told you the truth behind everything that was going
Valerie:I didn’t know what I expected when I stepped into Caspian’s office, but it wasn’t him.I wasn't even sure why he had called me to his office, but I did not expect him to be calling me to see the one person that I knew just disappeared when my father died.My feet froze just past the thresho
Ryan:I hadn’t stepped foot in this estate in years. And after her father had died, I did not believe that I would ever see her again. That I would ever see anyone of power again. Not since the tides of power shifted in ways none of us expected. Not since everything seemed to choose at differen
“No,” I agreed. “It’s intentional. Whatever it is that they have in mind, it is intentional.”I crossed the room and poured myself a glass of whiskey, letting the burn cut through the tension in my chest. I didn’t like this. I didn’t like playing a game I couldn’t see all the pieces of.And I hated
Caspian:She was quiet.Not the kind of quiet that came with peace, but the kind that throbbed like a wound beneath the surface. One that I could tell on you meant chaos was on the way. One that I knew she was doing her best to try and keep controlled.Valerie hadn’t spoken a word to me since this m