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
Maeve POV I was alone. Surrounded by pitch-black darkness, where all I could see was the empty space before me and all I could feel was a bitter, cold chill prickling my skin like millions of razor-thin needles. I walked… and walked… and walked for what felt like miles, searching for something t
Placing the device on the table, he put on a pair of latex gloves and squeezed something onto his hands, asking me to lift my shirt enough to expose my belly. “Alright, this might feel cold to the touch,” he warned. He rubbed some sort of blue jelly over my baby bump, the sudden cold of it makin
Maeve POV “Maeve is already skinny enough as it is,” Xaden remarked, full of disbelief. “There is no need to restrict her diet any further and I will not hear another word about it. How can we be sure that the machine you’re using is even accurate?” “I assure you, sire, this device is one of med
“Ladies.” A middle-aged woman wearing a simple, all-black dress approached us with a wary look in her eyes. “Is there something I can do for you?” Maggie looked her up and down. “Who might you be?” “I work here.” “Oh, perfect! We would like to pull out that gray dress for this young woman to t
Maeve POV The moment the store clerk caught sight of Prince Xaden, it was like she transformed into another person before my eyes. All distaste and scrutiny completely vanished from her powdered features, instead replaced by a bright smile ready to charm like her life depended on it. After all, it