Zane POV“Celiac?” I asked, looking at Sarah over the kitchen island as she inhaled her first cup of coffee. She didn’t even wince at the heat. “Why would Jordan have celiac?”“He doesn’t, he wouldn’t and Ella doesn’t think he might. The point is to put it in everyone’s head that he has this special
I went to my study, but instead of getting to work I just sat there. Hen after a few minutes I took out my desk key and opened the middle left-hand drawer in front of me.From the drawer I took a small, black leather journal, the only one I hadn’t given Sarah. It was dated during the year of our wed
Sarah POVI’m seriously worried about Ella. She’s acting so weird these days. Her career is taking off, so why is she so anxious about my life? I wish she’d stop asking all these questions.It’s always, “What do you feel like?” like I have any idea. I’m sick half the day, then starving, then sleepy,
Sarah POV“So, has the puppy’s been good?” I asked Grace and Chloe in the kitchen. It was a Tuesday, but I had a few minutes before Ollie needed to take them to school. “Hasn’t done anything you don’t want?”“Like what?” Chloe asked, poking at her oatmeal. I knew she preferred bacon and eggs for bre
Sarah POVI really wanted to stay with Grace and Chloe, and Zane and I needed to go back to the Abrigan Mine to celebrate the opening of a new school in the area for training people to work in geothermal energy. It had been thrown up in record time and was staffed with people I knew had been schooli
Sarah POV“Did you know?” I asked Zane that evening as we got ready for bed in our luscious tent.He looked at me.“That Jordan’s mother is human?” I clarified.Zane nodded. “Sure. Olivia told me all about them before we married. They’re quite devoted to each other.”“But Jordan’s still in line to b
Sarah POVIt was wonderful to be back home. It was less wonderful to be in a meeting where my public image was being crafted like a character in an absurdist play.“So, it looks like the charity’s new name will be Feed the World’s Children,” Lainey said while we sipped tea in the sitting room and lo
Zane POVThe photo showed my family standing behind Jordan as he praised the mine’s new school and its purpose. It was a flattering shot of all of us, and I wondered if it had been Photoshopped.TorandoAllie: That Jordan’s gonna be an alpha and a half when he’s older!RealLiveBoogie23: They should p
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