Lucian’s POVAs confident and proud as Dr. A was in this moment, it would be difficult not to respect her. Looking at her, I felt my already hefty admiration for her grow even more. She was a brave woman, willing to leave everything behind for the sake of her dream of helping people.While I was dis
Jasper’s POVJasper wished things could be different. All he wanted in the entire world was to cast his responsibilities aside and follow Aria across the continent to Moonglow pack.For any other woman, he might have done just that. He wasn’t known for being responsible and often gave preference to
Aria’s POV“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you,” I started.“I’m not upset about that,” Cathy replied. “I’m worried about you. I know your feelings for him are all in a jumble. It couldn’t have been easy to hear him say that he has suddenly developed some affection for you now.”It wasn’t, and I still hadn
Lucian’s POVWatching Dr. A’s plane leave created a strange sort of unpleasantness inside of me, though I couldn’t explain what it was or why it was happening.My wolf felt it too as he paced and snarled wordlessly in my mind.There was no reason for it. The only thing I could think was that perhaps
“The colors mean different things,” the florist had told me. “If the person you are giving this to is truly the love of your life, then you want her to know that you don’t only want her romantically. You want her everlasting love as well as her friendship…”The florist was right so I differed to her
Lucian’s POVStanding inside of Aria’s trashed bedroom, I couldn’t understand what I was seeing. Ben was in the doorway behind me, also looking around.The pictures had been torn from the walls and thrown across the room. The mattress had been overturned. The desk drawers had been yanked out, their
“Leave me, Ben. For now. Please. I will explain things to you later.”Ben seemed surprised by my words, but still nodded with obedience. “Of course, Sir. I will keep the housekeepers away. We will wait for you to exit the room, when you are ready.”Slowly, Ben stepped out into the hallway, closing t
Lucian’s POVFor the next few days, I tried to continue on as normal, putting all thoughts of Aria and Dr. A behind me. The two were both gone, so I couldn’t confront them to find out the truth.I had Ben and others in my employ searching for answers, but until they returned to me, I wouldn’t know t
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
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