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
POV SarahZane had told Grace and Chloe that after the recital we would go to dinner wherever they liked, confident that, considering the occasion, Chloe would defer to Grace. In any event, after sweeping her up into huge hugs and telling her how incredible she had been, we hustled into the car and
“I’m in this for keeps, Zane, whatever happens.”He covered my hand with his own, and for a long, sweet moment we just sat there and let the world keep its own counsel for a bit.Then the girls returned and made awed noises at the salmon roses.After all that, it was hardly a surprise the girls fell
Zane POVAnd I thought my study couldn’t get more crowded.In addition to the usual suspects of Travis, Rucker, Whitmore, and Wilson, we now had Ted sitting in one corner, typing away but still managing to listen to every word, and Dr. Hayes in the other corner, nodding to himself.Add Sarah and me