And we have 4 updates this evening! Also, I read your comments, Jess. I know that the chapters need editing, I am working on it, but I was doing the chapters manually and with the number of chapters written and me using a new device,things got messed up. Don't worry, I am fixing them as I go.
Valerie:The drive to Caspian’s pack was silent, the weight of everything settled deep in my chest. And I knew that no matter how hard I was going to try to make things work, I knew that I was going to be dealing with more consequences and more hardships than I would want to be dealing with.Even my
The car came to a slow stop, and I turned to see Caspian waiting outside, his posture relaxed but his gaze locked on me. I knew that he was listening to every word that I was saying, however, that was not something that I wanted to be caring about right now.I took a steady breath and opened the doo
Caspian:I sat in my office, staring at the glass of whiskey in my hand, but for once, the burn of alcohol did nothing to ease my frustration.No matter how hard I tried, nothing seemed to ease the pain that I was feeling, the annoyance that I was going through.Valerie was here. In my pack. In my t
I let her words settle in the air, unbothered by her outburst.Eva slammed her hands onto my desk, leaning forward. “This is a mistake. She’s a threat, Caspian. Maybe not in the way you think, but she will turn Adrian against you. She will turn people against you. I can already see it. She is going
Valerie:I wasn’t in the mood for petty fights. Not today.After everything that had happened, all I wanted to do was get some fresh air, away from all the bullshit that I was dealing with for the day.After settling Adrian into the villa, making sure he was comfortable, I decided to take a walk aro
“Do you really believe that I want to be in his life or that I want him to be in mine?” I scoffed, shaking my head. “Eva, I’m here for my son, not for Caspian. You’re the one who seems worried about where I stand with him. That’s telling, don’t you think? I am really curious about how you didn't man
Caspian:I stood on the balcony overlooking the estate grounds, my arms resting on the railing as I watched the scene unfolding below.Valerie was outside with Adrian, the boy laughing as she chased him around the garden. His laughter was light, full of innocence, a stark contrast to the war brewing
Valerie:The soft rustling of leaves carried through the estate as Adrian and Daniel ran side by side, their laughter filling the space between them. Watching them, I couldn’t help but smile. They were children, and they were acting like it.I knew that rage might have been a feeling that I had towa
Eva:“You’ve lost control,” I snapped, pacing the edge of the study, my heels echoing with every angry step. “You said you had everything in place. You said everything would go as planned. And yet here we are, Valerie’s alive, Caspian is stronger than ever, and now Adrian sees him as a father.”Giov
Valerie:The kitchen was filled with the soft clinking of cutlery and the warm scent of cinnamon and honey. I moved slowly, careful not to burn the toast, careful not to look too long at Caspian as he stood by the counter watching me, arms folded across his chest like he was still processing everyth
Caspian:The scent of lavender and warm vanilla filled the villa, her scent, and for the first time in what felt like a lifetime, it wasn’t just lingering in my memory. It was alive. It was here. She was here. She was by my side and rather than this villa feeling like a place that I was living in, i
Valerie:The sunlight slipped past the sheer curtains, golden and gentle, warming my cheek before I even opened my eyes. I felt the weight of the sheets tangled around my legs, the delicious soreness in my limbs, and the steady warmth radiating from the body beside mine.Caspian.I didn’t need to lo
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