"Tell me, Abraham. I will read it after," I said. "One is a correspondence between Leon Kowalski and your mother before she married your father. It is a carbon copy of the original he sent to her. The other is a letter between Frederick and your mother while married to your father after Leon's dea
Nikolas POV After the meeting, Qusack and Abraham left the office so they could attend to the correspondence. I was hopeful that we would find some answers, something that we could use to help with my coronation. I wondered how deep the plot was but planned to unravel the story and get to the trut
Qusack wasn't exaggerating when he said they were requests for slaves. It was amazing to see the choice of words that were used to describe werewolves. Goods, servants, commodities, weres, and these were used in the most derogatory way. It was cruel. I read through the letters and knew it wouldn't
Nikolas POV I stared at my mother, waiting for her to say what she wanted to say. I knew it might have something to do with Aliana because I could see her calculating her approach, but I decided I would not interrupt her so she could finish. The encroaching headache did not help matters either. H
"I am not fond of Aliana, mother; I love her, so please stop this nonsense. I do not care about how anyone feels about my choices. We might not be able to be together because of the unity law, but I love her still. If you truly love me, Mother, you will stop looking for ways to be rid of her. You wi
Tears rolled down her cheeks, and she kept looking at my mother. Her eyes pleaded with my mother to bail her out, but my mother had her own skin to worry about, so she just ignored the girl. It was amazing how quickly my mother could abandon someone loyal to her against all odds. It made me start
Aliana POV I was caught completely off guard when Nikolas unexpectedly informed me about the impromptu picnic. I wasn't feeling well and had hoped to sleep the entire day. Despite not wanting to object, I knew it was for the benefit of Piotr and Natasha. I could only hope that I would start feel
We shopped and then went to the small amusement park that Nikolas had built for everyone. Seeing everything and witnessing how rapidly Riverhead was changing, I knew Nikolas would make a great king. He was developing the Forest at a fast pace. After a while, I started feeling nauseous and weak, so