Lucian’s POV Knowing that if we tried to have this conversation in our home, Sheila would just storm off to her room and slam her door in my face, I called Sheila to my office in the Alpha headquarters building to have a discussion on her recent press appearances and interviews. When she arrived
I’d been too lenient with her, and in doing so, created a monster. I had no one to blame for her behavior but myself. “This is not a matter that is up for debate,” I said firmly and definitively. Anyone else would have heard the warning in my voice and accepted what I had to say. But not Sheila.
Aria’s POV After being released from the hospital, I decided that Cathy was right. My stress levels were dangerous to both me and the baby. For both our sakes, I needed to take some time to balance myself out before something worse happened. So I returned to Cathy’s house, put away my doctor cos
Looking toward the door, he saw me and immediately stood. “Aria.” I knew Matt well. In the past, he’d asked me on a few dates, and I even went on a couple. But at the same time, Lucian and I had begun to become entangled. My growing love of Lucian kept me from developing feelings for Matt. In the
Lucian’s POV To avoid Sheila at home, I’d taken to spending long hours at the Alpha headquarters building. At first, much of the staff had seemed unnerved by my presence, as if they always needed to be formal, but now, they were coming to be more comfortable with me. No more saluting in the hallwa
Aria’s POV “Aria,” Lucian said, his voice low, nearly growling. I stood on the sidewalk beside Matt, watching as Lucian’s car came to a screeching halt and then as Lucian himself emerged, storming toward us. My heart sunk down with dread. Lucian’s face was twisted with rage. Had he discovered
“What were you doing with him?” Lucian asked. “I was visiting Caleb in the hospital,” I explained, eager to clear up this misunderstanding so that we could get to the better part of what might happen here. “Matt was there too. He seemed upset about everything, so I agreed to have coffee with him.
Aria’s POV Back at Cathy’s house, I changed into my Dr. A disguise. Cathy watched worriedly from the doorway to my bedroom as I looked in the mirror, adjusting my mask. “I think it’s too soon,” she said. “I can’t keep dragging my feet about Caleb,” I replied. After seeing him for myself and sp
Lucian’s POV“It’s not possible,” I said.Mom pressed her lips hard together before asking me slowly, “Are you sure? The boy especially looks just like you.”“A coincidence,” I said. It had to be.Because if it wasn’t, that meant that the night of pleasure I had shared with Aria a few months before
Lucian’s POVI knocked on my parents’ door and hugged my mom after she answered. She squeezed me somewhat tighter than usual.“One of my friends told me she saw you working at the hospital,” Mom said as she led me inside.“I’ve been helping Aria,” I told her. “Her friend Cathy was very sick, and Ari
Aria’s POVI hated to break up the scene, wanting Lucian and the kids to spend as much time together as possible, so I watched from a distance for a while, before tracking down one of the nurses to discuss Cathy’s condition.I checked on her a few separate times before deciding that she was healthy
“I don’t know what you mean.”“Don’t lie.”My blush continued to burn but still I said, “Even if I do have some idea what you mean, and even if I might even agree in a way, this… thing between Lucian and I doesn’t matter in the long run.”“What are you talking about?” Cathy said. “You love him.”“My
Aria’s POVCathy came in right away, bringing the kids in tow. Piper kept them busy in the hallway while Lucian helped me administer the cure. It was an injection into her IV line. The cure would affect her, so I wanted to make sure she was connected to fluids in case she became weak.Cathy didn’t e
Aria’s POVI called in Piper to go over my findings. Together, she and a few other Healers that I trusted from the hospital reviewed all the work that Lucian and I had did.I wanted everything peer-reviewed, cross-checked and checked again, before I risked administering the cure to Cathy.While the
Aria’s POVLucian might not have gone to medical school, but he was intelligent and a fast learner. And above all, to my surprise, he took direction well.Together, we started early and worked long until the evening. While I ran the tests, Lucian took notes. If I asked, he would grab me things, or k
Aria’s POVI expected some pushback at the hospital, given the revelation. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, but I imagined it would be something. Though the Healers had been generally accepting of me since my return to the pack, I could still remember the times in the past when they had dislik
Lucian’s POVI had no idea how some of these nobles received permission to be in this room for this revelation, but at this point, I was beyond caring about logistics. The facts were, they were here and they were giving Aria grief. That was more than enough reason for him to, not just lose his tempe