My eyes are fastened on the door the entire time it’s closed. Even when Rafe tries to pull me away I hastily shove him, not caring who sees.Anxious as hell, I send shout after shout down the line of my bond with Luca, trying to figure out what’s happening, what he’s feeling, what on earth my father
Inside, my wolf nips me, her hackles a bit raised. You watch him, she murmurs, wary.What? I ask her, looking between this young man and the Prince next to him who – I’m not sure why – seems…much more vicious to me. Which one?The one with the crown, she replies. I don’t know what, but he…he gets un
“Get out,” my father growls, taking a single menacing step towards the Atalaxian delegation. There’s danger in every line of my father, and even our own people lean away at the sight of him. Dad – he really is the wolf incarnate, ready to leap across the room and destroy this man who has so casually
Mark starts towards dad’s armchair, tugging me along with him. I let him pull me, knowing he’s scared. “Do you think they meant it?” Mark asks, looking at me as I perch myself on the arm next to him. “That they’re…going to wait until after the Midwinter holiday? Or…I mean…are they going to do a snea
The next few hours move strangely, some minutes flying by so quickly that I’m shocked to see the clock when I next glance up, others dripping by so slowly that it agonizes me. Dad organized us quickly, gathering everyone involved in the military together, including us Cadets. He calls in a few of hi
I grin a little, thinking of him curled up in it. But then I think about what he’s requested. “Tomorrow?” I ask, biting my lip a bit. “On…Midwinter Eve? Luca…why don’t you just come here for the party?”He sighs and looks down at me, quickly shaking his head, letting me know that…plans have changed.
“Would you stop it!?” Ben growls, his voice a little frantic now, looking over at the bar where Rafe is finishing up. “I’m never going to see the Atalaxians again, so it won’t matter and I’ll be fine, just drop it –“I gasp, going still. “So, it has something to do with the Atalaxians!?”He groans,
“More than I have ever been,” he says, heaving an exhausted sigh and then draining his glass. Rafe laughs and pats him on the shoulder.“Come on, then,” he says, nodding back towards the family bedrooms. “Bunk with me tonight, like you did the first night. No sense in wandering the palace trying to