Aria’s POV Ignoring Cathy’s remarks, we returned home, where I read until I fell asleep. The next day, I felt as if I needed to come at the issue of Caleb’s health from a new perspective. Instead of arguing over the life-extending medicine, perhaps I could treat his illness with more conventional
Aria’s POV My feelings for Lucian, as Aria, were a jumbled mess. My outrage with him was bundled up with my confusing, lingering love for him. It made me passionate and emotional, quick to anger. As Dr. A, I had to keep all of these feelings under lock and key. Above all, he couldn’t know that t
I blinked, startled. Of all the things he might have said, I hadn’t expected that. “You have been severely mistreated during this entire controversy, and as pack Alpha, the Alpha King, I wish to formally extend an apology to you on behalf of the entire pack.” “You don’t have to do this…” I said.
Aria’s POV With the money and the identification cards on the desktop, I realized there was one more thing tucked inside the envelope: a letter. Retrieving it, I unfolded the paper to see a note scrawled in Lucian’s handwriting. It read: Whether you choose to stay with Nightfall or travel el
Sheila’s POV Lucian once told Sheila that he only appreciated Dr. A because of her professional merits, but Sheila knew that had been a lie. Men and women could never have a relationship of any kind without desire and love. That Dr. A lusted after Lucian was obvious. He was Alpha King, everyon
“Good. Now make this happen.” Without a goodbye, Sheila smashed the phone down onto the cradle. She hoped that old healer – what was his name again? – heard the smash right in his ear. Satisfied that her threat had been taken seriously, Sheila lifted the phone again and made her second call of the
Aria’s POV I wanted to help Caleb, but I wouldn’t be able to do that if I was dead. Glancing at Montgomery, he seemed torn. Matt, however, was already stepping forward. Grabbing me by the arm, he yanked me toward the doorway. “What are you waiting for?” Matt grumbled. He stayed with me as we p
“This is your fault, you know,” said one of the old healers. I recognized him as one of my most vocal dissenters. His name was Carl. “If you would have just given up your claim to that formula, we’d all be spared this inconvenience.” This inconvenience was a threat against my life. Once more, I
Lucian’s POV“No,” I said quickly. “I couldn’t be.”Early in our marriage, Aria and I had tried rather enthusiastically to have children, but we never managed to succeed in getting Aria pregnant. Eventually, I came to the realization that we couldn’t get pregnant, for one reason or another.Likely,
Aria’s POVI waited until I was back at Cathy’s at the end of the day to pick up her phone and call Jasper. Of all people I knew with the connections I needed, he was the one I could most depend on. Silas was still in Moonglow, too far away to help me, and I wasn’t ready to face Lucian again so soon
“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