MAEVE POV“Mmm…” I winced, pressing my fingers into my slightly throbbing temples with some pressure.About an hour had passed since we returned home from the lunar banquet. Everything was fine and we were preparing ourselves for bed, until I felt the sudden onslaught of a small headache beginning t
My hands tightened around his—a silent gesture of gratitude. By now, my headache was mostly gone, just by his touch.Xaden was silent for a brief moment. “I’m… excited to go to the clinic with you tomorrow,” he admitted. “We don’t get to do a lot of things together out in public, so, even if it’s fo
THIRD PERSON POVVictoria stared wide-eyed at the grand interior of the building she was currently sitting inside, brimming with unsettled nerves.Earlier that morning, she’d received a call from a man she didn’t know—who turned out to be Kenneth’s beta—and was briskly informed of the details of her
Victoria smiled. “If you insist.” She turned back to the waiter and ordered a glass of chardonnay and a small appetizer of steak bites, seasoned with garlic butter and finely chopped parsley. She hadn’t come here to eat a nice meal, but if it was offered to her, how could she refuse?“And for you, A
If he were to take the luna’s words at face value, then he was to believe that the quiet, demure girl he’d watched from afar for two decades was some devious, sexual mastermind who had managed to snag herself a prince outside the capital’s most famous brothel. A dirty devil who used this newfound po
KENNETH POVI’d always been of the belief that if one is persistent enough and puts in the hard work to achieve something, good things would surely come.I used to think I knew what that meant.Not becoming alpha until I turned thirty had certainly tested my patience well enough. As did my daughter’
Dr. Meadows, however, didn’t seem fazed, shaking her head. “I’m sorry, I don’t mean to stare. It’s just… you look very familiar.”Oh.There was no denying it. She definitely knew who he was.Anyone could see who he was if they looked at him longer than two seconds.Given his… tendency to be confront
“Xaden,” I whispered.“Hmm?”“What do we do if… if he does come early?”The ensuing silence lasted for what felt like forever but must have only been a few seconds.“Yeah…” Xaden eventually murmured with a sigh. He leaned back against the leather car seat, absentmindedly stroking my hand with the pa