Julian looked at me sideways for a long moment. “Oh my God, you actually believe that.” A blush warmed my face. What was he implying? That Nicholas still cared? No, knowing Julian, he was just trying to stir the pot again. I couldn’t trust anything he said or implied. The road started to turn,
Quickly, I exited the car. Julian sighed, threw the car into park, and got out too. “Over here, Piper,” Nicholas said, motioning to the space beside him. Obediently, I went where he directed. Softly, he asked me, “Are you alright?” The question startled me a moment. I wasn’t sure why he cared.
Panic struck through me. Adrenaline surged through my veins. Seeing Elva hanging from that window took years off my life. I rushed forward at once, forgetting the Luna now behind me – forgetting all else. My child was in danger! As I ran closer, I held out my arms, ready to catch her if she
When he found the truth of what happened here, he would act accordingly. Seeing his anger, I could trust that. Yet whatever happened, from now on, I would be much more careful who I left my child with. “Prince Nicholas?” came a soft feminine voice from behind us. His date stood there. She twiste
The next morning, when I woke up, I headed straight for the window to look at the sky. Fortunately, there was no cloud in sight. Today, it seemed, I would escape my punishment. One of these days, however, my luck would run out and I would be forced to kneel in the storm and hope my body was strong
In camp two, the girls were chasing any prince. It didn’t matter which one. These ambitious girls just wanted to be Luna. Olivia and Linda were firmly in this camp. In the third camp, where I belonged, the girls were here involuntarily. Perhaps their parents wanted them to engage in a political ma
Nicholas didn’t say a word. He simply turned and left. “Bye, Nick-lass!” Elva called, before happily returning to her waffles. Deflated, I corrected my chair and flopped down onto it. None of the girls spoke to me during the rest of breakfast. Susie might have, but she was still too embarrasse
With a statement like there, I had no polite way of backing out. Not that I would. These kids needed me, and Elva was already having fun with them, playing on the slides. Nicholas and I would just have to put aside our differences long enough to help the kids. After that, we could go back to not g
Instead, the Queen pulled me into a hug. It was uncomfortable and brief, but a hug none the less. From the Queen, this was a tremendous breach of decorum, and I froze, unsure how to react. Even Nathan, standing dutifully as his King’s side seemed shocked.“I have misjudged you dearly,” the Queen sai
I wasn’t sure what to expect when our car delivered us from the train station to the palace, but even in my wildest dreams, I wouldn’t have guessed what actually awaited us.Cheering crowds lined the outer walls of the palace. Balloons and streamers of various colors were abundant. A stage had been
At once, my heart leapt up into my throat, while simultaneously crashing down into my stomach.I pulled away from Nicholas enough to push myself up onto my hands and stare down at him.The thought of breaking the engagement had never crossed my mind! Nicholas proposing had been one of the best momen
In a war between the wolves and the bears, only the lost bear princess will be able to stop this fighting. Else, the bears will continue to fight themselves to exhaustion or to death.“It’s up to you,” Nicholas said. “I believe in you. You can do this.”I closed my eyes. Miracle was still exhausted,
Slowly, my grief subsided for now, enough for me to look up at Nicholas and feel the relief of being reunited with my fiancé.My… mate.“I love you,” Nicholas said. “I’m sorry it took so long for me to reach you.”“How are you even here? It’s impossible for you to have found me this quickly?”Nichol
Joyce, despite his best efforts, was not a fighter. He was not bred for war and battle like Hawke was, so even calling on the power of his Alpha wolf, Hawk tossed Joyce aside like he was a sack of potatoes.However, Joyce did show amazing tenacity, and stood back up time and time again. Roaring, he
Nicholas was here. I didn’t know how. I didn’t know why. But he was here, and that gave me the strength I needed to act.I ripped my arm away from Joyce’s hold and rushed into the room where Hawk was choking my sister on the ground. Using all of my strength, I plowed into Hawk.My surprise more than
We slipped into the hallway easily enough. The lights were off, so we stuck to the shadows. We didn’t go far when we started to hear raised voices.“I want to know if Piper was telling the truth.” It was Jane.“You cannot mean to trust her more than me,” that was Hawk. His cold voice sent shivers ru
A mating bond…?Yes. Even though Nicholas and I had never talked about the love between us, I had still felt it grow over these months together. Nicholas had never made a bonding bite on my neck, yet inside of me, that bond had cultivated. Our hearts were bound together, mating bite or now.There wa