Violet I scoffed. "That's the dumbest, most irresponsible, and short-sighted solution I've ever heard." The room was dead silent. It was pretty well known that Theodore was considered the alpha of alphas, especially within his own territory. The fact that I, an outsider, had the nerve to
"We'll talk later. why don't you pick up with what you were doing for now?" She nodded and hurried back toward her desk. Everyone but Dahlia looked at me with distaste, and I ignored them. "Since you're stepping into the role so completely..." He grumbled and placed a folder in my hands.
Violet Ben, as Theodore called him, was still growling, panting, heaving, and glaring at me like he was seconds away from attacking me. "This is Violet," he said calmly. "She's going to be my wife soon. Why don't you tell me what happened." He growled again but he seemed to be calming down. Th
His lips twitched. "Who would you trust to take Ben in and care for him? Or these children in and not abuse them?" "Darkmoon... Silvertree, and... Hollowmoon." He grinned. "Ah, the Noble Triumvirate, makes sense, but does it?" I nodded. "I see your point." Silvertree and Hollowmoon had a sta
Violet I clung to consciousness, my head spinning as Theodore gripped my wrist where the mark of the unwanted was seared deep into my skin. An unfamiliar surge pulsed through me, the heat of the bond between Lucas and me seeming to plunge into icy, numbing depths, snuffing the agonizing fire t
I scoffed at that. Who the hell was I kidding? From the moment I’d realized that she was the perfect candidate for my luna, temporary or not, keeping her at a distance wasn’t an option. Even if we hadn’t slept together before I’d proposed my plan, our relationship was doomed to be closer than I coul
Violet My mouth felt as dry as a desert. “What?” I asked, frowning through the haze. The water was so cold and refreshing. I could have drank a whole pitcher on my own. He refilled the glass. “It’s time to start the lawsuit.” I frowned. “What’s… made it so urgent for you now?” He smiled
If I was a less proud woman, I would have told him to stay, to do something about this… feverish desire that was starting to tear me up inside. But I wasn’t that woman. Maybe too stubborn for my own good or just too grounded in reality. Even if I asked, Theodore Nightshade didn’t sleep with the
Theodore’s POVWhen I looked up, there was a literal crowd huddled around the car. All my senses went on alert and the hair stood up on my arms.“Doher,” Violet chuckled beside me. “Look at their smiles. They’re here to welcome us, not attack us.”She nudged my elbow with hers. “Not everyone’s famil
Violet rested her hand over mine and smiled. I looked her over in awe, noticing that her breasts were a little swollen. She looked healthy and supple.I noticed a cord around her neck. I pulled my hand from her stomach to reach for it, pulling out my mother’s token that she had restrung on a sturdy
Theodore’s POVMy carriage had dropped me off at the border at 9am as instructed. I waited by the road with a suitcase and my backpack, on edge. If the wrong person found me before Violet showed up…A black sedan approached, slowing as it neared me. When it got close enough, I recognized my mate’s b
“Technically,” I answered, “she is staying separate, and she’s treading carefully to do so. But I genuinely don’t know if she would still be doing all this if she weren’t also my aunt.”Cue Kincaid’s jaw on the floor again.“Oh! And Owen planted spies in Theo’s home.”Kincaid shook his head like a w
Violet’s POVIt ended up being a very, very long night.Neither Theo nor I stayed much longer at the Annual Moon Goddess Ball after the flower fiasco. Thankfully, I had done mostly all the relationship management with other Alphas before Theo’s arrival because after losing control of my magic, I was
My shoulders relaxed a fraction at the idea that there was a way out of this.“Even if you can’t stop them, I’ll walk out with you, making them vanish the second they spring from your hands. You’ll walk with your hands behind your back, and no one will notice. Everything is going to be okay.”My tea
Violet’s POVI didn’t dare glance behind me. I didn’t want to draw attention to the flowers I knew I was leaving in my wake. Every time I clenched my fists to try to stop them, it only left me with handfuls of more flowers.I didn’t know what to do other than drop them like a flower girl and pray to
Theodore’s POVSometimes Eva’s love for me seemed sincere, and in those moments, I felt bad for playing her. Then she would do something like obviously glaring at Violet across the garishly decorated ballroom before suggesting we go say hello “to be polite” when she clearly just wanted to rub being
Corine looked to her husband, who clearly knew as little as she did. “I haven’t heard of this. May I ask how you know about it?”“I’d rather not reveal my sources,” I said. I certainly didn’t want to give the other Betas reason to stop looping in Kincaid.“Something that important would have been al