Nan’s POVMy daughters are now 7 years old.Time had gone by so fast. It felt like only yesterday that I had tucked my two five-year-olds into bed for a nighttime story. It feels so bittersweet.Vera had grown taller. The top of her head now reached my waist instead of my thighs. Her gorgeous head o
Then Katya appeared. Wearing a black dress. The black swan to our swan lake.“Wow.” She said coolly. “It seems like your skills were not exaggerated, Nan.”The wonder and joy drained from my daughters’ faces. I resisted the urge to groan. Of course she would show up late.‘She just cannot resist ste
Lionel’s POVHow dare she?A fury like I have never known burned within me.My inner wolf and flame were in havoc.I could not protect my own daughters…I was a failure of an alpha…I failed…It was only Nan’s tears and sadness that brought me back to my senses.“Lionel,” she wept. “We have to get the
“You’ve been grimacing non-stop for hours now.” She replies quietly. “You only make the face when you have a headache.”I purse my lips. “I would say my headache is justified.”She frowns. “Your investigators haven’t found anything?”“They have.” I admit reluctantly. “But not enough to get the girls
Lionel’s POV“Katya has a secret child…”I could not believe it.Katya never wanted to have children. Vera and Patti were only born out of obligation. The selfish she-wolf did not have a maternal bone in her entire body.Yet here was evidence claiming otherwise…It is exactly what I have been lookin
The symptoms were horrible. It began with a rattling cough and fatigue. Nothing serious…until it was.The curse specifically targeted a person’s wolf. Slowly draining the spirit’s energy and eating away at it until there was nothing left. It is brutal and painful.No person born with a wolf could su
Nan’s POVIt all began with the gardener.Nikoli’s testimony was astonishing on its own. Hearing such repulsing words from the mouth of an innocent babe was enough to win us the custody battle. That was clear in the disgusted and angry eyes of the reporters and the civil servants.His tale was not t
But the only thing I could consider at that moment is the confused cries of Nikolai at the sight of his mother in handcuffs. Distress and hurt making his pale face faintly flush. The way her eyes did not even glance at her sickly son.Sorrow and pity filled my heart.She had ruined so many lives. Sh