"What?" "I mean, with all due respect, your majesty. I do not believe I need you to commend me on my ability to raise my sons. They are my children after all, and I see myself as nothing less than a doting mother." I retorted, making sure I looked her straight in the eyes as I spoke. She huffed, w
SOPHIA "Hey boys!" I called out to them. At the sound of my voice, all three of them turned to me simultaneously, and ran with their heels touching their backs as they rushed to meet me. "Mummy!" They chorused and threw their arms around me with so much force that sent me to the ground. Once I fel
"Are you underestimating me, Sophia?" Adeline asked, placing her right hand on her waist and using the left fingers to stroke her chin. Intimidation, that was a factor Adeline was very useful off. Knowing this enabled me to set my guard up, and in the right way against the right thing too. "I woul
ASHER After the events of the sexy in the sea party last night, I had thought I would at least have my morning to myself to recuperate and take me mind off a lot of things, also to find a way forward because it was very obvious from everything Sophia had said to my face, that I needed one, and I ne
"But I will call her myself tonight, okay? You can't go saying anything to her or her mother. Is that clear?" I instructed. My mother nodded in agreement, before I rose from my seat. "I have to leave now," I stated."I've got a meeting in thirty minutes." "Really? With whom?" Ivan asked, twirling
*AN HOUR EARLIER* SOPHIA I stepped into the guestroom, weary from a long day at the hospital. My legs were killing me, and I could not wait to soak them in warm water while listening to everything my sons had to say about their day. I also needed to meet Asher about leaving. After Adelin's threat
Alpha Asher Morris. ~"Madam! Stop right there!" I didn't listen. I pushed past the guards and ran straight to the door of his room. Luckily, I still remembered the door even after eight years. The guards tried to hold me back, but I clenched my fists and banged it as hard as I could. I prayed, w
ASHER The weight of the night's events lingered in my bones as I awoke to a new day. The emptiness of the Palace felt suffocating, each room echoing with the absence of the children I had come to love so much. She cried all through the night with her face buried in my chest. I wouldn't be lying if