With a resigned sigh, I moved to gather our things up until Xaden stopped me, pulling me down onto the blanket with him. “You’re not going anywhere just yet,” he purred, hovering above me. The way he looked at me, all heated and passionate, dizzied me. Such gazes normally led to one thing. “H-He
Maeve POV Slowly, my eyes fluttered open. Still bleary with sleep, I tried to blink away the fog that clouded my vision, rubbing gently at my eyes. I was unaware of anything else in the world. All that I could think about was what that voice told me. These dreams defied any sort of logic I tho
Something throbbed inside me. Needy and helpless and yearning for him. He kissed me again and again, each one melting into the next, so it felt like one long dance of lips and tongue. “You’re brave to tease a starved alpha,” he growled. Faintly, I felt him expertly tug off my underwear from undern
Maeve POV It is just a dinner. As I sat in the center of the palace banquet hall, feigning confidence as I sipped my water as was taught, surrounded by Xaden and his younger siblings while they engaged in light conversation, I tried to breathe. Alpha King Arlan and Luna Queen Leonora were a di
I took a deep breath, steeling myself. If we were going to be part of the same family, we could not always resort to rudeness or hostility. And that meant either one or both of us needed to take the first step towards some sort of reconciliation. If I needed to be the first to do so, then so be
Maeve POV As Isabelle smirked at me from behind her wine glass, the truth was made more apparent to me than ever. She had only pretended to be cordial in an attempt to lower my guard. And chances were, if I somehow managed to circumvent my sister’s party and that tussle with her friend, and inst
That was a problem. I still knew astonishingly little about how to handle situations like this, pregnant or not. And to top it off, if the food was not taken out of the room within the next few minutes, I knew without question that I was bound to throw up in front of the entire royal family that I
Maeve POV “Y-Your Majesty…?” Isabelle murmured, apparently taken aback by Alpha King Arlan’s sudden and completely unexpected interruption. With shallow, heaving breaths as I tried desperately to curb my rising nausea, I watched the interaction, unsure what to expect. She did not say anything be