Mark stays close at Rafe’s heels as he storms through the palace. Rafe glances back over his shoulder with a frown.“You can go, Mark,” Rafe snaps, annoyed. “You’ve got your stupid protection necklace. No one’s going to snatch you away.”“I can’t go, Rafe,” Mark snaps back, surprising Rafe by how mu
“All right,” Rafe snaps, nodding to Mark. “Anything else, Luca?”“Um, just this missive,” Luca says, reaching for a pink scrap of paper on the desk. “From that Hank guy – letting your mom know that he’s coming in via helicopter tomorrow with a report on The Community – that place Jackson is from. He
Pippa and Elias argue quietly for a few moments at the center of the room as I quietly work my jaw back and forth, attempting to ease the pain as I go over my options in my mind. I pick up on about half of their words – Pippa’s insistence that I absolutely cannot go to anything tonight since my conf
“Sorry,” I murmur, untying my robe and letting it slip from my shoulders. “I got…distracted.” Pippa turns slightly to give me some privacy I don’t need – Moon Valley wolves don’t tend to be shy about nakeness, even if Atalaxian ones do – as I slip into the bath.When I slip under the water, opaque w
I turn to her suddenly, shocked. Because…“Yes, Ariel,” Pippa says quietly, taking the towel back from me. “I know. I’ve known…for a very long time. I notice everything about my Alpha’s life, and the way he loves me, and the way he…looks at others. And I noticed when he came home from his trip to Mo
I wrinkle my nose at her and lean forward, nodding. “It really is great, Pip. Especially…especially if you love them. I know that Elias is your best friend and he’s good to you. But…I want more for you than that.”She takes a deep breath and looks away, shaking her head slightly. “Oh, I don’t know i
She narrows her eyes at him, trying to figure out what about that could be funny, and he laughs.Midnight turns her head at Jesse, curious. “Why are you upset? We have so many nice new things – how could you be upset?”Jesse frowns at her. “How’d you know I was upset?”“You get a big line,” she murm
Pippa fusses over me when we leave the bathroom, chattering about my poor bruised jaw and how we’re going to cover that up with makeup. But I sit down on my bed and make a big show of yawning, wanting a minute alone to catch my proverbial breath and better hide my new weapon. As I lean back against