**Rosalie's POVA phone was ringing.It had been ringing for several minutes, and it woke me from my sleep.I heard it from my bedroom, even though I was fast asleep, and even though it sounded like it was coming from far away.Thinking it was Soren's phone, and he would eventually wake up and answe
So he didn't know that I had been seeing Ethan.My attention turned to Ethan then, and I stared at him as he looked at me, his wolf breathing heavily."It's all right, Soren," I told him, coming to stand between Ethan and Soren. "He won't hurt me." Not as long as I was pregnant anyway."Ro, please,
"Save it, Ethan!" I raised my voice to interrupt him. "I don't want to hear it! You've lied to me for the last time. The first time, when I learned of your plan, it wasn't that surprising because I didn't expect anything different from the powerful Alpha. But this time...." I felt hot tears stinging
I watched Ethan turn around and leap into the air, his fur and paws appearing as he shifted from his human form into his massive wolf form before hitting the ground. The guards also shifted as they were chasing after him, but Ethan was fast and powerful. I had a feeling they wouldn't catch him. Not
I had believed his words when he'd told me all of those intimate revelations about his feelings, about how he felt so lonely and lost without me, how when I allegedly died, he felt pain for the first time in so very long, and how he didn't think he was even capable of feeling pain again until I was
**Soren's POVTonight was a good night. I just didn't know what brought me more joy. The pain I caused Ethan or the care Rosalie showed me?Either way, it didn't change my good mood. I knew Ethan wouldn't kill me with Rosalie standing next to me, and I was considering taking her hostage if needed.
She froze, and I could tell she wasn't as comfortable with me as she used to be.I pulled her to my shoulder and stroked her hair. "It's all right, Ro," I told her. "I know he hurt you again, but you're okay now. You're safe. You're with your friends."Holding her there for a moment, I wasn't sure w
**Rosalie's POVSoren's eyes seemed a bit haunted as he looked at me, and I knew I probably asked the question too bluntly. However, I considered Soren a friend, and I thought it would be best if I was honest with him and clarified my doubt directly."You know my half-brother," he didn't answer my
The entire family had gathered in the dining room and was chatting amiably over a very impressive spread that had been laid out by the kitchen–two prime rib roasts, a honeyed ham, and three roast ducks were the centerpieces of the table, all of which were being enjoyed liberally by everyone.George
RowanMom ran her fingers across Selene's head, admiring her fine white hair. She looked every ounce the doting grandmother instead of a ball of uncertainty, like Maeve. Maeve was pacing back and forth near the fall wall of my bedroom, her arms folded across her chest and her head bent as she tried
Kacidra joined in the conversation. "Maeve is right, Rowan. We need to know what's happening with you and Hanna, or else we'll never be able to help."Rosalie's voice was calm and supportive as she asked, "Is it Hanna that's troubling you, son? Is she doing all right?My first instinct was to tell t
Gemma and Ernest had flown down with my parents and their son George, who was just two months older than Maeve's sons.A moment later, the library door opened and more of our family members poured in, as if they were fully aware of the thoughts I'd just had and I'd summoned them. I pushed aside my n
RowanThe castle was abuzz with its usual day-to-day activities. Servants and maids passed me in the hallway carrying baskets of laundry and trays of tea. I could hear the clattering of cookware as I left my office and walked toward the grand staircase off the foyer, seeing the door to the servants'
"Who? What happens?""There's so much more out there," Mara said dreamily. "So, so much more.""Maeve!" Troy called from down the beach.I turned to look at him, and when I turned back to Mara, she had taken off. "Wait!" I called after her, but she had already made it out of earshot, her footsteps l
Best of all, Troy was happy. He was at peace and at home. But there was still much work to be done.We were spending several weeks jumping from island to island, taking stock of the wellbeing of the inhabitants, and making a list of what was needed. Most of the islands were in need of medicine, inf
Maeve–Four Months LaterSuntra was not what I was expecting. I had become accustomed to the seemingly endless white-sand beaches of Avondale, where the sand grit was so fine it felt like powdered sugar as you walked barefoot in the surf. Suntra's sand was coarse and golden and dappled with tidepool
I straightened up a bit, shifting Oliver's weight in my arms as I narrowed my eyes back at him, sizing him up. A man roughly my father's age came bounding out of their house, waving at me apologetically as he leaned to whisper harshly in the ear of the man I assumed was his father.Whatever his son