Sarah POVThe summit continued in a flurry of panels and meetings for Zane while I watched the girls and attended two more cocktail gatherings. I managed to jazz up my black suit for one of them and then just made a quick shopping trip for a lacy rose thing for the other.And the second-to-last day
Sarah POVI slept badly that night. The girls were tired out from the trip to the arboretum and fell asleep in their bed without even a bedtime reading.After about an hour of lying there, I realized I was missing Zane’s villa and desperately wanted to get home. I was enjoying Los Angeles, but I was
Zane POVMost of my adult life, I’d tried to avoid the wolf-and-pony show that was currently surrounding me.Of course, I’d been to a few even worse than this. As a child, an alpha to a beta and a gamma who’d been part of the “lesser” family tree until they’d birthed an alpha son, I’d been a prize,
This went on for a few minutes, with other instruments joining into the music and the performers going through more elaborate steps, until they all froze a moment, the music paused, and the performers all gestured to the stage, where Rob was standing again, this time wearing an elaborate mask with b
Zane POVI left the VIP box to sign for the puppy, which would be brought around to us soon to make sure we were all happy with each other. Caring for a dog is a sacred duty, after all, and all steps should be taken to ensure the creature’s happiness.The girls were ecstatic about getting a puppy, t
Sarah POVI gasped. Even though the photograph wasn’t of me, I confess I had started to feel possessive toward it and was glad when it looked like Zane would be buying it. The idea of someone spending ten thousand on a photo seemed crazy to me, though I knew how important the legend of the final Moo
Sarah POV“Mommy, look!” Chloe cried, pointing to an attendant holding a golden retriever puppy that looked about ten weeks old.“What will you name her?” Zane asked, his tone indulgent as the attendant put the puppy on the ground just a couple of feet away from the girls. Chloe looked ready to rush
Sarah POVAfter the auction, we were left to ourselves while trays of champagne and canapés seemed to float through the air. Grace was approached by a friend from her old school, and the girls talked with him while I turned to Zane.“Did you not feel there was something off about the auction?” I ask
Sarah POVAfter the onsite security personnel and police had come, taken Ella’s body along with our statements, and then left, it was early morning. I worried about the girls, but they were as keyed up as I, and finally we all just piled on Zane’s bed, which was now my bed as well. Zane had his arms
Sarah POVGinnyWolf: Sarah is a MOON WOLF??!! Are you KIDDING ME?WhiteKnuckling: This is a hoax. Total bullshit.PPPPJohnP: I knew it.ShangHairSurprise: Will she be reforming the Luna Temple again?Rosemary&Sage: Hey now, PPPPJohn, THAT’S bullshit.With a laugh, I put the phone in the purse Lainey
Sarah POV“We all fear death,” Zane said.That wasn’t what I meant at all, and I told him so. My dress turned to silver in the moonlight, and I held his warm hands in mine.“If you seek the truth, stop seeking enemies and find the moon,” I and the statue and someone else said, speaking as one.He lo
Zane POVIt was thallium poisoning.“The treatment is proceeding with Prussian blue, which traps thallium to keep it from being further absorbed, as well as activated charcoal and forced diuresis,” the doctor, whose name I learned was Vassles, told me.Sitting by Sarah’s bedside, I was trying hard n
Zane POV“Alpha Zane!”Never, in all the years he had been working for me, had I heard such a sound of panic in Hans’s voice.I looked up and out my window. Hans wasn’t in the house. I saw him frantically waving at me over by the poppy garden almost a mile away.I ran down the stairs and out of the
Sarah POVThe day was lovely—perfect, even. The girls were back in school and making up for lost time, Zane was in his office and waved to me as I walked past the villa, and all the “lieutenants” had gone home.It was odd to look back on the past year. Had there ever been more than a day here and th
Ella POVMy contact at the prison told me Hayes followed his script exactly, and for the moment, I decided to put the wolf out of my mind. Few things had ever worked out as nicely as discovering the good doctor’s gambling addiction, and Hayes had several million reasons to do as he was told.When th
Sarah POVThe second Zane and I were in the car, I raised the partition for some privacy, turned to Zane, and asked the question burning acid in my stomach.“Do you think he actually hurt the girls?”Zane shook his head, but his eyes were haunted. “Not physically, but we’ll have to talk to them, see
“We found your money,” I said.“I thought you would.”We sat another few minutes in silence. “So, who was paying you? Who got you to betray my household?”Hayes smiled to himself.“Something funny?”“Do you think I’m some lackey doing someone’s bidding for a few dollars?” he asked, meeting my gaze n