Lucian’s POV“A person should not continue to be punished forever for the mistakes of their past,” Lucian said into the microphone, while thinking of his own situation.If Sheila could not be forgiven, then what hope did Lucian have with how much he’d hurt her?“Regardless, I would request that you
My stomach twisted. I was going to be sick.Piper moved at once, providing me a trash can. She very generously held my hair back as I lost my breakfast.When I’d finished and was sitting on the floor, Piper said, “I send your patients home.”“No,” I said. “I need to finish everything here. I have to
Aria’s POVWhile I continued to try to wrap up most of my life at home and at the office, preparing for my move, one of my key distractors, day after day, was the presence of Jasper.Every single day after I broke my mating bond with Lucian, Jasper sent flowers to Cathy’s house. Sometimes he would e
“Did he ever tell you what happened between them?”That would require Lucian to talk with me at all. “No.”“Lucian rejected her. Of that much, we’re sure of. Sheila did not take that particularly well and demanded that Lucian find her a new mate. Lucian introduced her to one of his old friends, Brad
Lucian’s POVAs I sat in my work office at home, I was surprised when the head housekeeper walked in unannounced. Even more so when she slapped her resignation down on the desk.“What is this?” I asked, though I could see clearly from the first sentence of the letter that she was resigning.“For yea
Aria’s POVRushing down to emergency, I joined the team who was working on Lucian’s father, Harold. I was surprised when I came through the door to hear him yelling.“I told all of you, I’m fine! I don’t need this special treatment! Find someone who is actually sick and help them!”“Sir, we need you
Lucian’s POVAs soon as I asked the words, I realized it was over the line. While Dr. A and I were cordial, we did not have the kind of relationship that would allow for these kinds of questions. She had just saved my father; I needed to be more respectful.I was just tired, under so much stress wit
Aria’s POVOf all the things he might have come here to talk about, I had not been expecting this.“Your family gathering? At Harold and Julia’s?” I asked.“Typically yes,” Lucian said. “But this time, I will be hosting. Would you be able to go?”I frowned somewhat, confused by this request. Lucian
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