The King and the Alpha stand in silence, staring at each other. Jackson breaks first. “Please, Dominic,” Jackson says, laughing a little desperate laugh, turning a palm over in a plea for mercy. “I – I don’t get it. Please tell me what I’m doing wrong – I’ll fix it, immediately I’ll fix it.” D
Jackson grins. “Are you ready for all of this?” Dominic asks, his eyebrows knitting together with worry. Jackson’s smile falls. “Ready for what?” “For…this,” Dominic says, waving around to the ridiculous closet and all that it implies. “Fatherhood to three kids. A life as a member of the Royal
“Oh my god!” I gasp, my hands flying to my mouth. “I didn’t even think –“ “Tell me!” mom moans, leaning back against dad, pressing her eyes shut like she’s very pained. “I have to go shopping! I have to know if I’m buying little tiny dresses or tuxedoes!” Rafe and Jesse laugh at mom. Dad presses a
“A calm moment, Ari,” Jesse says, flopping back down on the couch as Rafe gets Mark a glass of champagne. “If we could have a single day without a baby announcement or a world-shattering revelation, I’d be able to take a deep breath and arrange it.” I snarl at him, conceding the point, but narrowi
"You’ll just have to get Ariel pregnant immediately. That way she’ll be chained to you forever." my fiancé's father's voice is cold, calculating. “She knows her place.” my fiancé replies. “She’ll fall in line and become a proper wife in short time.” My heart sinks when I realize that they’re tal
“You two,” Rafe mutters, and I glance over to see him pressing the bridge of his nose between his fingers, just like dad does. “This is going to cause a damn firestorm that I am going to have to sort out.” “But you’re the best at solving our problems!” Jesse points out, laughing. “Come on, cousin,
Now I’m Ari Clark, a family cousin on Aunt Cora’s side. But things start to get immediately real as Rafe and Jesse sling their backpacks over their shoulders and we start to walk towards Alpha Academy, a rugged castle built on top of the cliffs that rise before us. I gulp as I stare up at the cast
The next two hours are…an education in boy world. I sit perched up on my bunk, staring around in awe. This room has more than a hundred boys in it right now, and we’ll all be sleeping in here together through candidacy. When that’s done, if we make it, we’ll move up to the castle to more private dor