Aria’s POV Even with him looking straight at me, I knew he wasn’t talking about inviting me. That would be outrageous. No way was that happening. Lucian looked away from me, back to Sheila. His anger was clear in his features: his eyes like icicles, his mouth a hard slash. “I’ve warned you not
Lucian’s POV I often thought about the question Aria asked me in the bar, whether I loved her or not. My answer then had not been satisfactory. But that answer still hadn’t changed. I genuinely wasn’t sure. Earlier in the day, while I had been sitting at my desk at the alpha headquarters build
“With the family gathering coming soon, you must bring Aria,” Mom continued, either not noticing or not caring about my clear discomfort. “It’s the perfect opportunity for the two of you to make up!” “I’ve had a lot on my plate lately,” I said. “But I’ll consider it.” Huffing a harsh breath, Mom
Aria’s POV The news took me a long moment to process. Long enough, it seemed, for Cathy to grow worried. “You okay, sweetheart?” Cathy asked, stepping closer to me. These past two days, I’d started having pregnancy reactions to things. As a Healer, I knew this was an inevitability, but knowing
Lucian’s POV The family gathering was taking place at my parents’ villa. I paced in their living room, back and forth across the carpet. The party was about to start, but Aria hadn’t arrived yet. Ben walked in from outside, shaking his head. Under his breath, he muttered, “Could it really be. Is
Aria’s POV I looked down at my dress, unsure what was wrong with it. Yes, it was more revealing than the conservative dresses I’d usually worn since our marriage, but I wasn’t sure that warranted a look as fierce as the one Lucian was giving me now. Did he think I was embarrassing him? Was I emb
Tonight, however, he seemed to be my shadow. When I went to the drink table to pick up some sparkling water, he came with me. When I stood near the wall on the pool deck people watching, he stayed right by my side, like a statue – or a bodyguard. “Lucian…” I started to say, though I wasn’t sure
Aria’s POV “Lucian,” Julia scolded. “You should be more considerate to Aria.” “Sheila’s presence in my home has nothing to do with Aria,” Lucian replied. My home, he’d said. Not, our home. That hurt more than it should have, especially now, after I’d left. He really mustn’t miss me at all. A
“You should have went with her to Moonglow,” I insisted.“She would have refused me,” he said. “She’d already rejected me.”“But those kids needed you –”“They need their father,” Jasper said. “Their real one.”His words hit me hard, and I finally realized what he was trying to say. “You aren’t the
Lucian’s POVI stormed into the Alpha headquarters building, looking for Jasper, ready to go to war. With my hands curled into fists, I thought I might start throwing punches before I would even be able to speak.My wolf was even angrier, prowling back and forth in my mind, scratching at my consciou
Lucian’s POVAs Aria checked to ensure that her disguise was in place, I stepped out of her personal office and back into the main one. The kids, by now, were showing each other their crayon drawings, while Cathy sat patiently in one of the waiting chairs.Cathy was watching me. Maybe she could see
Aria’s POVLucian’s question wasn’t unexpected, considering all he had witnessed up until this moment. However, that did not make it any easier to answer.This secret of my identity was one that I had kept for so long, lately just to stop Lucian from learning the truth.It had become more habit than
Aria’s POVSeeing Paul, Frank, and Harry walk through the office door, entering just behind Lucian made my stomach drop. I’d expected them to track me down, and knew there would be trouble when they did. But I had no idea it would be while Lucian was actually already in the room with us!What could
Aria’s POVThe next day, I reached a point in my research where I needed to run a few tests on Cathy, so I had her come to the hospital. Julia and Harold offered to babysit, but they had spent most of the day before with the kids, so I knew they’d be tired. Instead, I had Cathy bring the kids with h
Aria’s POV“Julia and Harold are very dear friends of mine,” I explained to Jean and Luke as we took a cab to Julia and Harold’s house. “We all need to be on our best behavior with them.”“Is that why we are wearing our fancy clothes?” Jean asked.“Yes,” I said simply. “They are older, too. And Haro
Aria’s POVThe biggest problem with my admirers having followed me here was that, in Moonglow, I had no need for secret identities. Aria and Dr. A were synonymous and everyone knew it. Paul, Frank, and Harry had no idea that they needed to keep the secret here.As they knew I was a doctor, they woul
Aria’s POVLucian’s request caught me off-guard, and for a moment, I just stared at him, uncertain. I had no idea what he could be thinking, asking me that out of the blue, as if he’d been thinking of me and only me these past five years we’d been apart.But that couldn’t be. Even if Cathy said he’d