MAEVE POVAnd now that I was all alone in that courtyard—filled with beautiful banners that Eric and I had helped to set up—and just a short distance away from Alpha King Arlan’s terrifying form, all of my bravado vanished in the blink of an eye.Eric was gone, and I knew that perhaps it would be wi
How could he look so much like his son and be completely different?“He—He tells me nothing,” I stammered, balking at the king, whose glare never wavered. “I only asked him about the lunar banquets held here at the palace, and he was kind enough to tell me what he could.”“Now, why do I find that ha
“I know it doesn’t mean anything coming from me,” I said with a calmness that surprised even me, “but I care about Xaden very much. He has saved me more times than I could ever begin to repay him for, even from my own family.”He remained silent. Almost eerily so. Still, I dared to keep going.“I kn
MAEVE POVA couple of days had passed since my little chat with the alpha king, and I was not sure what to make of it.Confrontation, I had expected from the get-go, along with heaps of intimidation, warnings, and threats—and I certainly received just that. What I hadn’t expected, however, was how e
I… never told Xaden about what happened with his father.It wouldn’t have done anyone any good if I told him about his father’s continued hostility toward me. I had no desire to further deepen the gaping rift that already existed between them, and in all honesty, it wasn’t his business.King Arlan’s
“Without question.”He could not seem to keep his hands off me, not that I particularly minded while we were tucked away in the privacy of our bedroom.“In fact,” he continued, his hands roaming higher and higher… hot, coarse fingers toying on the edge of my low neckline, making my breath hitch and
MAEVE POVThis was it.The evening of the Hunter’s Moon had finally arrived, bathing the entire courtyard with a warm amber glow, and with the revelries of the night in full swing, I was only half-convinced that this was, in fact, not a dream.Less than one hour had passed since the hunting expediti
Within seconds, the pack was surrounded by greedy and excited onlookers, all fawning over the wolves and their trophies.The royal family was, unsurprisingly, easy to point out among the group of alphas in their large hunting party—both in size and sheer power. But when I first laid eyes on Xaden’s