The first rays of dawn painted the sky a pale grey and woke me. I rose from the bed, my gaze lingered on Grace's sleeping form. I leaned down, brushing a gentle kiss against her forehead, a silent goodbye etched in the tenderness of the gesture. With a final, lingering look, I got dressed and pack
Charles I held up a hand, silencing him with a gesture. "Your daughter stands accused of treason, adultery, and a no number of other crimes. Be grateful I have not simply executed her." Tessa's jaw dropped, a gasp escaping her lips. Her gaze flicked back to me, pleading, but I wasn't moved..
Her father roared, shifting and lunging at me. I gestured through the air, throwing him away from me. He screamed as he hit the wall and shift back into his human form. He fell to the ground without moving. Moonlight drifted through the air. Slowly, Tessa's whimpers had subsided, replaced by a sha
Grace Charles' ragged breaths echoed in the sterile silence of the office, a stark contrast to the frantic pounding of my own heart. I was beat, but I felt alive in a way I hadn't felt in a long time. We lay tangled on the couch, the scent of sex clinging to the air. A strange sense of exhilaratio
Mates. We were mates. How would Cecil take it? Richard probably wouldn't care. Would he want a lycan ceremony too? Could I swear those oaths now? "No," Charles said, nuzzling me. "You can't." "Can you read my thoughts?" "Not exactly, just feel what you're feeling." "... did you feel this
Grace It was a news broadcast, the familiar face of a news anchor filling the screen. "…groundbreaking new treatment, Moonlight Phoenix," the anchorwoman announced, her voice filled with excitement. "Clinical trials are set to begin…" The image on the screen switched to a sleek laboratory sett
"Well no..." "You haven't even announced when the clinical trial are going to be." My shoulders slumped. "... they're rattling me." "Correct." He looked at Xavier. "Any idea where this came from?" Xavier, who had been watching the news report with an unreadable expression, finally spoke. "
Grace Days blurred into a whirlwind of activity. The news reports continued to churn out more and more stories about the clinical trials I hadn't announced and whatever else they thought made sense to publicize. It was irritating feeling like I was being rushed. It made me want to drag my feet eve