I hesitated. “I… I don’t know.” She sighed with an impatient shake of her head. “That doesn’t give me anything to work with. I suppose I have no choice but to trust His Highness and make do.” Without wasting another moment, she shuffled me into a conservative, yet comfortable-looking bedroom, drap
Maeve POV Panicked, I took in as much of their faces as possible within a span of three seconds before quickly lowering my face from view. I didn’t want to believe someone connected to my family would be at Xaden’s mansion, but there was no doubt about it—Bella was here, along with her Alpha fathe
She leaned in close with a cheeky grin. “We both know you came here so you could gawk at his handsome face every day.” My face reddened with embarrassment. Calm down, I thought. She doesn’t know anything. She just wants to get under your skin. Maggie, apparently, was still stunned by the rev
Maeve POV “Your Highness!” Bella gasped, hastily pulling away from me. In her surprise, she dropped the crystal wine glass she’d been holding and it shattered into hundreds of little pieces upon impact. The room froze, falling so quiet that one might be able to hear a pin drop. No one knew what
Maeve POV Xaden’s body trembled with restrained rage as he carried me down a long hallway, past open gilded windows—where I could see the sun barely beginning to set—draped with red and gold-accented curtains, and paintings of what appeared to be royal portraits. He didn’t speak a word. Not even
He watched me through veiled eyes. And, squeezing his hand, I looked back at him with all of my heart and soul, hoping he could see and feel my sincerity, even if he couldn’t believe it. “I want to tell you everything… I want to be able to live without this heavy burden and just be free… but I-I c
Maeve POV Time stopped the second I heard those words leave his mouth. Finding and choosing a Luna was a sacred rite of passage for any Alpha. Not to mention an Alpha Prince. This was not a decision to be made out of pity or obligation. It was a lifelong commitment to her—a marriage in both body
With a thick swallow, I nodded. As his fingers brushed along my jaw, he tilted my head towards his face and pressed his lips against mine—easy, slowly, a chance for the two of us to just touch each other—but he was quick to deepen it. His mouth opened and I felt his tongue, warm and wet, run acr
“That’s kind of you, but not necessary,” I told him, remembering that the last pristine doctor he set me up with gave a false paternity test and pretty much ruined my life. If it weren’t for that one test, Xaden wouldn’t have strayed to another. “I have a really good doctor that I trust.” Kenneth
Maeve’s POV Victoria gave me a smug look and then stepped away as she turned to face Alpha Kenneth. “Alpha Kenneth,” she said in greeting. “Maeve was teetering on your territory and I’m doing my services by taking care of the issue. She is my daughter after all and it’s my responsibility to make
She stared up at him and saw that he was serious, but she wasn’t so sure if he was right. She just hoped that her son made the right choice and didn’t break Maeve’s heart. …. Maeve’s POV The mansion was quiet; it was late in the evening, and I knew most of the mansion staff were sleeping, incl
Third Person POV The Queen and King remained in the garden a moment longer with Princess Mia. She had watched Xaden leave the gardens with a lungful expression on her face and then she sighed. The conversation wasn’t exactly how she planned; his viewpoints on certain topics were a bit alarming and
“Then what exactly were you trying to do exactly?” I asked him. “You didn’t really try to woo her now, did you?” “No…” he murmured, shuffling in his shoes. “I didn’t and that’s the reason I’m sorry. You have to pick up the slack because of me. Now she’s set to marry you…” “You knew about this?”
Xaden’s POV The more I spoke to Princess Mia the more bored I got. Sure, she was the princess of the Vixen territory, and she was a pretty badass warrior, but there weren’t many more interesting things about her. She was pretty basic, and the conversation became dull. The moment she started to a
I was completely alone, and I wasn’t sure what I was going to do. Hours had gone by, and I remained barricaded in my bedroom, unable to move from the bed. There was a light knock on the door, and I knew that it had to be Maggie with my food. “Miss Maeve, you should eat something,” she said from
Maeve’s POV For a moment, I wasn’t sure what to do. I stared at my fiancé telling another woman that he would only have a child out of royal duty. He sounded almost cold and calculating as he spoke. Mia nodded along with each word he said, a frown marring her lips and a small crease between her pe
A smile spread across my face as I read the paper and then I quickly rushed out of the room and back into the living room. Maggie was still seated on the couch, staring at the door with a worried expression, but she jumped when I ran into the room. “The results, Maggie,” I said, showing them to he