Zane POV“Now that the little mermaid knew where the prince lived, she spent many an evening and many a night on the water near the palace. She would swim much nearer the shore than any of the others had ventured, and once she went up the narrow channel under the marble balcony, which threw a broad
I wanted her in my life permanently, helping me to raise the girls and lead the pack. The girls and the pack deserved her, and I wanted to believe I did as well.I stayed away from the poppy garden and the hedge maze and stuck to the main path over to the lake. I noticed the moon was almost new, the
Ella POVMy body was not a temple, but it was my meal ticket, my golden meal ticket.So, I made sure to pamper my body to the point of diminishing returns. This included my skin, hair, nails, muscle tone, and cardio. An important part of my body care was a daily bath.Sometimes, by necessity, it was
Sarah POVIt was lovely to see Melissa again, even though I envied her with the passion of a thousand suns and all that. She looked incredibly smart and chic in a wool pencil skirt and trim leather jacket of the exact same burgundy color that looked like Oscar de La Renta. I was glad I’d worn Gucci
Sarah POVTravis had called an emergency late-night meeting, so all of us except for Zane, me, Whitfield, and Wilson were on Zoom. Zane had to make the customary opening statements, even though we weren’t any sort of official group, but then he let Travis take over.“Dr. Louis Calvert is dead,” he a
Sarah POVTelling Zane I suspected Ella of making Grace feel bad about herself was one of the harder conversations I’d ever had, but it was nothing compared to the task ahead of us: talking to Grace herself.Zane hadn’t wanted to believe me at first, and I kept qualifying things, saying Ella might h
Zane POVSarah and I explained to Chloe that we wanted a little alone time with Grace, and she took it well, saying she wanted to work on her carving in the playroom. We didn’t want to invade Grace’s bedroom with what might become a bad memory, so we ended up in Sarah’s study with the curtains drawn
Sarah POVI had been expecting the words, but they still came as a shock.“So, that’s that,” Zane said, and I saw heads nodding on various screens.“Yes,” Travis said. “Warfarin sodium is the most widely prescribed blood thinner in the world and is quite commonly used as rat poison. There are trace