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
She slid smoothly into the second verse, and part of me felt the music with her, holding her up against the audience, the attention, and the whole wide world. She came to the end all too soon.Ah, pray make no mistake,We are not shy;We're very wide awake,The moon and I!There was a moment of sile
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