“Why did you do this to me, Gianna?” I ask her in a low calm voice.Her eyes go wide. “What do you mean?”“Let’s not play dumb here.” I sigh. “I know that you did it. Did you put something in the drink? Did you give me to another man and let him take advantage of me? I can understand you doing it to
Ares’s POV“Help me! Help!” The sudden screams that invaded my ears just I enter the palace roots me to my spot. I immediately recognize the voice as Gianna’s and I can hear the raw fear in her tone. But the thing that broke the spell and made me move is the fact that the screams are coming from V
“White wolf?” Heather echoes. “What happened? Is it Nikolai? Or is it….”She trails off and I know that she immediately recognized it. I sigh. “Yes, you know who it is now. Please, help me locate her and keep everyone out of danger. Tell any guard to mind-link me if they see her.”“On it.”With that
Valeria’s POV“Do you think she’s still in her wolf form?”“I don’t know. Do you think I should check it?”“No. The King would be mad if you see her in her human form after she just shifted….”The sound of hushed voices slowly bring me out of my slumber. I try to open my eyes, but it’s as though spi
“Yes.” Celine is quiet. “I… I know what happened between you and Gianna.”I swallow hard, pushing back the tears that are drumming from behind my eyes. “Did she… get hurt badly? Did she die? Did I kill her?”She shakes her head. “No, Valeria. She is injured but she is recovering. You didn’t kill any
Ares’s POV“Look at her. Just look at her.”Alpha Owen’s voice is ringing in the entire infirmary. Ever since I walked in to check on Gianna, he’s been going on and on about how I should look at her. I don’t know what he meant exactly, since the very first thing I saw upon coming here is her face an
My chest constricts. “That can’t be true….”“It’s not like her to sleep around. Someone so excited to be the Queen despite being a white wolf would not ruin that in one night.”The sense of her words start to dawn on me. I don’t know if it was just anger that kept me from understanding this or the p
Valeria’s POVMy heart crawls right to my throat as Beta Heather puts her finger against her lips to signal me to keep quiet. When I only watch her, she continues to bring the key to the lock.“What are you trying to do?” I ask, simply because I can’t help it. “Is this a trick? A joke?”She doesn’t
“We’ll see,” is all I manage to say, then I promptly end the mind-link with Heather.Before I can even tell Frank to go, he already takes initiative. He starts to drive into the neighborhood, stopping in front of the lab and getting out of the car at the same time that I climb out. His fists are cle
“You don’t have to come forward and be public about your existence like we are,” I declare. I have to admit, I had no idea about that clause in the treaty. But then again, Nikolai and Ares should have known. If we were indeed doing something we shouldn’t then they should have spoken up about it. “We
Valeria’s POVI’m rooted in my spot, staring at the man in front of me. But at this point I suppose I should stop calling him a man, because he’s so far from that.Everything about him screams something else. Even though my heart rate has slowed down I still feel like I can’t move. I just watch as h
“No, mommy.” Edith shakes her head. “He just looked at me. And when I stopped playing, he left. I’m just scared that he’s there watching me again. I really want to play but I’m worried about him. What if I go out there and he’s watching me again? What do I do?”I can’t stand to see her this scared w
Valeria’s POV“Mommy, can I stay with you for a while?” Edith asks as I drop her and Emmett back to school. She holds my hand as we approach the building, and even though I hold her back reassuringly, I have to admit that I’m curious about this sudden shy behavior.“What’s going on?” Emmett asks. “D
My vice mayor has conducted some meetings with the delegates of important groups in the city while I was gone, and he compiled everything into papers. I read the papers all morning and finally come up with laws that bind the Lycan and Human world together.The new laws are similar to the initial one
Ares’s POV“I don't know what happened,” Vincent says as soon as we're gathered in my study, including Heather and Valeria. “I don't know how he managed to do it. But his hearing is next week and I heard that the judge is considering setting him free on a bail.”I stare at the back wall, still tryin
“It’s not like that, Ares,” I say, but he just turns away from me. I feel guilty for shooting down his feelings but I have no choice. It just feels too absurd for me. I recognize that I might be in denial, but I don’t think Gianna has enough power to sway the Vampire Kingdom into doing her bidding.
Valeria’s POVI whip around to face Lavinia. But of course, she just rolls her eyes like this is some senseless babble. “You better keep your mate in check. I can’t have him wreaking havoc like this.”“What did you do?” I demand at her, but she just waves her hand airily.“You should ask him what he