THIRD PERSON POV Little did Maeve know that the answer to her question lurked closer than she realized. As she and her two companions gathered themselves and left the bistro, Bella sat at a not-so-distant table, hidden in plain sight behind a large potted plant and a carefully placed menu. She w
Sinking into her chair in the middle of a café, surrounded by a cheerful and bustling crowd on all fronts, Bella felt stuck. The plan she had hatched with Luna Victoria depended entirely on Maeve’s social disgrace. It was no longer purely because of Prince Xaden. This was a matter of revenge against
MAEVE POV It wasn’t long before we returned to the mansion and, with our shopping trip officially at an end, it was time for the princess to return to her duties at the palace. “Thank you for letting me tag along,” Charlotte murmured, beaming at me as she emerged from the bathroom, once again dr
It was an unexpected move, but not unwanted in the slightest. I couldn’t get enough of the wonderful sensation of his body so close to mine. This close, I was overwhelmed with the crisp, cool scent of his body wash. Like pine and clean lakesides and everything beautiful about nature. His dark, lus
MAEVE POV I didn’t get it. I spent the last hour—maybe more—reading chapter after chapter in this pregnancy book, while Xaden busied himself with a pile of paperwork and a few phone calls to several dignitaries, but nothing I read bore any similarities to what I was experiencing. Fetal weight
“You know…” I prompted, adjusting myself in my seat so that I faced Xaden more directly, suddenly feeling ticklish with waves of cautious optimism. “I’m not far along enough yet, but I read that the baby should be able to hear in a few weeks.” He cocked his head, his eyes alight with bright curios
XADEN POV And so, I waited. I waited, ready to burst at the seams with excitement and anticipation, for a sign… any sort of sign that my baby was, in fact, moving inside Maeve’s belly. Her reaction had been so sudden, so harsh and yet so giddy, that I could not help but want to experience even a
I figured that might’ve been the case, but when I opened my eyes, I saw not my bedroom, but a meadow filled with lush, purple wildflowers and a bright, beaming sun shining down on me, surrounded by tall, sweeping grass. I was back in that dream world. That could only mean I would soon hear— “Mae