Valeria’s POV“Valeria, I need you here,” my Head Nurse Juliet calls me from the ER. “Take care of this patient and report to me, okay?”I rush inside the ER and head to the bed she assigned to me. Lying down on the bed is a young boy. It says on his profile that he’s Jake Andrich, eighteen years ol
I want to refuse because I'm embarrassed, but at the same time I know that I need to get home as soon as possible. I smile at Rafael. "That would be amazing. Thank you so much."He pulls over and opens the door for me. Before I climb in, the back of my neck tingles again. I sweep the whole place wi
Valeria’s POVBeing back to work after such a strange morning with my kids is making me feel a little… wary, to say the least. Paranoid, even. I keep looking over my shoulder as though expecting to find a face just staring at me, but of course I see none of that.I head to the lunchroom to eat, taki
She subtly rolls her eyes and turns back around to tune into the conversation. I try to listen again, with more care and awareness this time, but then someone sits in front of me and messes that whole thing up.I look up abruptly, only to see Rafael sitting in front of me.Slowly, the conversation o
Ares’s POVAfter the meeting with the twins, I rush back into my office and sit behind my desk, mulling things over in my head and trying to think about all the things that happened.So I finally found Valeria. Or at least, her kids and possible friends. That brings me closer to her than I ever thou
And now, he’s one of the most well known club owners in all of Los Angeles. He bought a lot of clubs that were not doing well, and then he turned them into branches of his own creation.I could say that he made a name for himself. He made a good business that never went under, and he established a p
It feels weird to be in this position. I feel like some kind of stalker even though I'm not doing anything wrong. I look at the windows at the topmost floor and see no lights, and that brings me some weird kind of comfort that I still don’t know how to feel about.Perhaps what I'm doing is indeed wr
"Okay, Aunt Josie," the two kids say in chorus in a way that makes my heart squeeze with cuteness.Maybe I'm just getting old, or the kids are really just cute enough to get that reaction from me.I watch as they go inside the apartment and close the door behind them. I look at my watch and see that
“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