“Probably.”Her steel grey eyes take me in. “You look different. How have things been?”I huff. “Tired, you mean?”She shakes her head slowly. “A little. But that’s not what I meant.”“What did you mean, then?” I ask defensively. It’s all too easy to fall back into bad habits around Dena.She does n
Nan’s POV “I have a request to make of you.” “What request?” I ask suspiciously.I do not trust this man as far as I can throw him. Positive and civil interactions do not usually start with an apology and request. I just want to go to my room and wallow a bit.But I figure he will leave faster if
“Of course, not much can be done about anything else with your unfortunate attributes. On that note, you will also stay silent and unnoticed. Unheard and unseen unless spoken too.”‘Oh goddess, they really must hate me,’ I surmise. ‘I’ve never heard of anything so humiliating in my life.’“So, I’m t
Lionel’s POVMy mother sits as regal as a queen.The birthday gathering is in full swing. There are elegant flower arrangements lining the pathways. Floating lights for an atmospheric aesthetic.There must be hundreds of guests. Business associates from my father’s reign, ambassadors my mother encou
I could not understand how things had changed to quickly. The idea that she was trying to hide even such a small thing like that from me…it set me off again.‘I will not apologize, I did nothing wrong,’ I think. I’d never bowed down to anyone in my life other than my own father. An alpha’s pride is
Third Person POV“YOU! You shouldn’t even be here! YOU ARE WOLF-LESS!” ‘Got you bitch,’ Cora thought smugly.From the moment they had met Cora loathed Nan. The low blood commoner had strutted in those ancient halls without remorse. Cora had clocked Nan’s entitlement and greed the second she laid ey
It makes me weary. Being this close to wolf rapidly losing control of their anger is not a good idea. I inch back.But there is no room to move. No one else has noticed it yet. Except for Lionel.I see Lionel moving closer. Carefully so. Trying not to trigger her instincts so close to other people.
Lionel’s POVWhy is it always Nan who suffers?I’d known from the second I saw her approach Nan that something would happen. My gut instincts had been on red alert since I had spotted her. I tried my hardest to prevent the incoming disaster.From the rapid changes in her scent, to her bristling and