Sarah POV“And at this point in the report,” Zane said, “we are introduced to Christine Tedley, whom I understand is a data cruncher extraordinaire.”We turned to look at her, and her alpha-blue eyes gazed back calmly. She was somewhere in her late forties, I guessed, though like many people of colo
Sarah POVIt had been a long day. Zane and I quizzed each other on Ted’s list then burned it. We ate a pasta dinner with the girls without betraying how deeply worried we were about every detail of our lives being online, and Chloe talked with excitement about going to look at some teak in a lumber
Sarah POVWaking to a new day was awkward. I had, for a moment, truly believed Zane and I had a future, and now I was back to the waking world where we simply didn’t, and I couldn’t settle. After I left Zane’s bed before dawn, the morning should have kept me busy, but it was a Saturday, so I didn’t
But while the Oracle’s words hadn’t awed me, her voice had. It reminded me of The Voice, which I’d heard a few too many times from my father growing up. Seriously, why was it so impossible for him to understand that he only had to tell me like a regular father not to do something and that he didn’t
Sarah POVWhen I finally got back to the villa, Hans greeted me at the door.“Mistress?” he asked, which he’d started calling me a few weeks ago. He was so very proper and reserved when he said it that I didn’t dare to correct him.“Yes, Hans?”With a minuscule bow, he handed over an envelope. Only
Sarah POVGrace was performing scales, and Chloe was working in the playroom on her wood carving from what she had dubbed “the perfect bit of teak.” Zane was in his study conferring with his legislative board on over the internet.I was in my study, the French doors open to a lovely day. I swear, th
Sarah POVI just stared at him for a bit, and then the most I could manage was, “What?”“One or two of these things I could just accept as coincidence, but all this? And my dream? And the way the Luna Temple accepted you? There must be wolf in your genes.”“But that’s just it. I had my DNA tested as
Sarah POVIt was something of a joke in the human community that when human children are around Grace and Chloe’s age, a parent will go see them play the part of a tree in the school play. I knew it was biased, but I found it somewhat ridiculous that werewolf alpha pups the girls’ age were expected