I regarded her warily. Suddenly, the thought crossed my mind that perhaps she really did only help me yesterday for some personal benefit. “What is it…?” Charlotte took a deep breath. “I would love it if we could become friends.” Admittedly, her words threw me for a loop. “W-With me?” I repeated
Xaden POV “I must say I’m impressed with your political platform, Xaden,” Father said, grinning uncharacteristically with pride. “Not a flaw to be seen.” I dipped my head in appreciation. “Thank you, Father. I put a lot of thought and research into everything.” Ever since it was announced that
I suppressed a sigh. Truthfully, I had expected such an answer from him, but I could not waver. Not with this. “With all due respect, Father, I cannot compromise on this,” I said, taking him by apparent surprise. Usually, his requests were not ignored when it came to matters like this. “This belie
Xaden POV The moment Father caught sight of his mate standing in the doorway, glowering with an uncharacteristic rage that was rarely seen in her, he lost his cold, callous composure as alpha. All of a sudden, the only thing the man before me saw was his wife. “Leonora—” “What in Goddesses’ na
Until I could learn the truth about her mother and settle this issue with her family, he had to be kept in the dark. That, I would make absolutely certain of. I set my jaw. “You won’t. I swear to you.” He grunted in tense approval. Mother echoed her appreciation, smiling at him, and my father
Maeve POV He smiled ruefully in response. “In the flesh,” he said. “Though I’m guessing I’m not quite what you expected.” To be honest, I was inclined to agree with him, and I was filled with shame at having thought so. People hardly ever spoke of any of the royals except for Alpha Princes Hen
As he led me down the hallway, Prince Eric seemed a bit reluctant to answer, making me realize that I’d just asked to borrow a book that belonged to the palace. Embarrassment crawled up my throat. Perhaps I’d become too comfortable too fast with him. “Of course,” he eventually said, “but I’m afrai
Maeve POV I was alone again. No Xaden. No Maggie. No home to protect me. As I fell deeper and deeper away into unconsciousness, what remained of my lucidity trembled with remembrance. I could still feel the pain and fatigue from last time. How my legs, from hours and miles of running, stung an
A footstep sounded down the corridor and soon, someone was entering the foyer. I looked up to see former Queen Leonora enter; she still lived in the place, though she kept to herself mostly.“Packs are starting to gather in the Capital center. We should get going,” she announced.“But not everybody
The doors were already opened in preparation for their arrival. It didn’t take long for a very pregnant Charlotte to enter the foyer, a wide grin on her face when she saw us.“I’m so happy to see you!” She cooed as she rushed towards us. “I’ve missed you both so much.”Xaden was the first to hug her
Maeve’s POV10 years later.I pinned my red locks away from my face and brushed the stray strands off my shoulders, giving myself one last look in the mirror. A knock on the door brought me out of my thoughts and I turned in the direction of the door, inviting whoever it was to enter.“Your Majesty,
I glanced briefly at Xaden to see if he had noticed it as well. He was glancing between Nicholas and Charlotte.After a minute, Nicholas turned his attention from Charlotte to the rest of the room.“Sorry to interrupt,” he said, his eyes narrowing as he fixed his attention on Ethan. “But I need ot t
Maeve’s POV I stared at Queen Leonora in shock as she told the room of people, including Eric, that this woman was his mother. Eric’s face was pale as he took in the familiar features of his mother. The eyes that looked like his, the smile that he clearly got from her. Now I knew why she was so fam
“We shouldn’t stay here,” Eric said, breaking through the silence. “There could be more bears lurking around. We should get her back to the palace.”“Maeve, are you okay to walk?” Mirage asked, assessing the blood beneath her. It was an alarming amount of blood, but she was no longer looking pale.M
Xaden’s POVWith the Bear King and most of the bears being dead, the war had concluded. Now it was just time for a final sweep of the territory and some damage control. They also had to find out if there were any other survivors other than the ones that were already at the palace, being protected by
Mia narrowed her eyes, watching Xaden tear through even stronger bears, making his way to their leader with ease. His wolf was fully in charge and his wolf was more powerful than ever.Henry soon joined with Sarah, his hand grasping her protectively. Lucas saw them approaching and raised his brows a
Third Person POVMaeve had completely passed out; her heart rate had decreased significantly, and her breathing was shallow. She was too weak to have given birth to an Enigma without consequences to her own health. Eric knew this and couldn’t believe what was happening.The woman tried hard to clean