NOLAN “You’re sure about this?” Nolan’s attorney sounded worried. “I’m sure,” the prince answered into the phone. “Just have the paperwork drawn up and messengered to my office. Today.” “Of course, Your Highness. It’ll be there in a couple hours.” Nolan hung up and froze in place, staring into the fire burning in his fireplace. His mind was swirling. He was going to present divorce papers to Yena. Tell her it was her only option if she wanted to move away to follow her dream in the human world. Actually divorcing her was the last thing he wanted. But this was his best move right now, and he had to do something. If Yena stayed with Nolan and had to wonder later if it was worth it, she could not be happy here with him for the rest of their lives. He loved her too much to let her live with regrets. And though this was a risky move, it was a calculated risk. Yena loved him. Nolan knew that to be true. She would n
YENA Something was off with Nolan. After everything that happened the disastrous night before, what I wanted most was just to feel close to my husband again. To be reminded that he wanted me. The spark was still there the moment he kissed me. That force that ignited any time we were together, that pulled our bodies together like magnets. But it was like he kept thinking about something else. It happened first in the studio. We were kissing, and he started to tremble. And the look on his face became so… worried. I asked him what was wrong, and he lied. He said it was nothing. I was too tired to fight, so I shook it off. I just wanted to be with him.In bed, he gave me a long, heavy kiss that felt… strange. Intense, but not in the right way. I couldn’t tell what he was feeling.And I didn’t like that. Finally he was inside me, and I wanted to let go. Get lost in the pleasure of his touch. Let my mind go blank as he took over
“It was his ex-girlfriend, actually,” I told Evan.“What the fuck?” he snapped. “Why was she even there? And why the hell would he be dancing with his ex?”I smiled. It felt good that Evan was angry for me. And it made me realize I was angry, too. I had been so forgiving with Nolan about all this, trying to be patient. But there was a big part of it that was his fault. He should have told me about the texts from Gina. He should have warned me about her.“I don’t really want to go through the whole thing again,” I told Evan. “I was just telling Tina about it. It was a weird situation, and I think Nolan was trying to get her to leave, when she did the whole fainting thing.” I realized that the doctor at the hospital did say Gina had a heart attack. But there was something fishy about the timing and how it happened. And when I looked at her, supposedly unconscious in Nolan’s arms, and saw that little smile twitch across her face… “Yena,” Evan said very serious
YENA Nolan’s energy was hot and frantic. Nothing like this morning. It felt so good to know he wanted me. His darkness was moving behind his eyes, turning them dark with primal lust. And the bit of anger Evan had aroused in me… somehow it only made me want Nolan even more. Lily wanted me to claim Nolan as ours. He started tearing my clothes off furiously and pressing his lips into every inch of me. Running his sharp teeth along my neck, just barely holding back. I was dripping wet. I wanted to beg him to fuck me harder than he’d ever done before. But I felt Lily taking over, purring and whimpering, and making my heart race like crazy. And suddenly I wasn’t even able to form words. Then, all at once, Nolan shoved his big, hard dick inside of me, and clamped his teeth down into my neck with a deep growl that I felt vibrating from his chest down into mine. I can’t even remember if I screamed. The feeling was just pure
NOLAN Yena was asleep when Nolan got up in the morning, and he managed not to wake her as he showered and dressed. He kissed her on the forehead lightly before leaving. In this office, the divorce forms were waiting for him on his desk. The stack of papers was nearly an inch thick. Nolan would be spending his morning reading through it, making sure everything was in order… just in case Yena would actually go through with it. He sighed repeatedly as he leafed through the paperwork. And thought seriously about abandoning this plan. It was so dangerous. The closer he got to giving her this choice, the more afraid he was becoming. She might actually take this opportunity he has giving her. And Nolan would lose the only person in the world who had ever really known him. And who he loved more than anything. More than he ever thought was possible. But he had to do something. So he was moving forward with the plan, and just holding out hope in
YENA I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. It felt like a knife to the heart. And not just a single stab wound. It was like Nolan, my beloved husband, who I cherished more than anything in the world… had driven a knife into my heart and twisted it. How could he do this? How could he even think of such a horrible thing? Let alone go through with drawing up all this paperwork? Just days ago, he finally told me he loved me. It felt so true at the time. But… The knife went deeper and twisted harder when he brought up Gina’s name. He said that it wasn’t about her. That he didn’t love her. But how could it not be? Why would he divorce me, if he didn’t have a plan for who he would marry next? Nolan could not be a bachelor. If we separated, he would remarry immediately. He claimed that this was for me.That apparently serving me with divorce paperwork was somehow something he was doing for my own sake. For my own go
“He gave me divorce forms.”Lucy practically screamed. “He did what?!”“He gave them to me tonight at dinner. Hundreds of pages, Lucy. He had a whole, complicated thing prepared before he even told me anything about it.”“Oh my Goddess, Yena, why?! I thought you were in love?”“I thought so too,” I said, and then I broke down into sobs again.Lucy gave me lots of reminders to breathe while I tried to stop crying. She told me that she loved me and asked how she could help.“You’re helping already,” I told her. “Thank you. Thanks for listening.”“I’m here for you. Always.”When I was able to catch my breath, I told Lucy the whole thing.About how Nolan told me last week that I could study abroad, and he’d support me. But then tonight, he finally revealed that it was just not something I could do at all… if I stayed married to him. If I stayed a princess.I didn’t even mention Gina yet, when Lucy brought it up.“Do you think… that it could really be about something else?” she asked caref
“I’m sorry, sweetheart,” Adan told Lucy. “I’ve got a really busy day ahead of me, so I won’t be able to get together tonight.”“Aww,” she whined. “Okay, fine. But I’ll be missing you.”“Me too.”Adan rolled his eyes.He was talking to Lucy through his car’s speakers, while driving out to the capitol.“And hey,” he added. “I think it would be really good for you to check on Yena today. Maybe you could give her a call.”“I was thinking the same,” Lucy replied. “I’ll do that. You’re so sweet to think of her.”“Ah, I’m just worried about her.”“So am I.” She sighed.“It’s sad, what Nolan is doing…” Adan trailed off, hoping to pique Lucy’s interest.“What do you mean?”“Well, it’s just that Yena is such a wonderful girl. So smart and talented, so ambitious. And Nolan convinced her that he loved her, but… well, would you give divorce papers to someone that you really loved?”“No,” Lucy said. “No way. It doesn’t make sense.”“It doesn’t. The only reason he’d divorce her is because he doesn’t