Ares’s POVRafael is his name. Right. I look at him right now, assessing his face and his clothes and the way he looks at her. He’s staring at her like he just won the lottery, and I hate it.Valeria is about to pull him away, but he steps forward and starts to approach me. That’s when I see that he
Heather arches an eyebrow. “And what do you mean by that?”“Well, you can use that time to get to know Valeria all over again. What she wants, what she needs, anything. And especially anything that involves her wolf.”She stares at me as though I just started growing corn out of my ears. “Seriously?
Valeria’s POV“So, what was that all about?”Rafael’s voice pierces through my consciousness as we make our way to the garage to get into his car. The events from just moments ago keep playing in my mind, when I introduced Rafael as my boyfriend to Ares.I don’t know what I was playing at. Perhaps I
Finally, we break away from each other, and she beams. "Long time no see, Valeria.""Heather," is the only thing I can manage to say because of the raging emotions in my chest. "It has been a while." Jolting back to reality, I remember how rude I seem. "By the way, this is my boyfriend, Rafael. And
Valeria’s POV"Thank you for taking care of my daughter," the mother of the patient suddenly says, snapping me out of reality. "She will be okay, right?""Yes," I say after a beat, looking away from the records. "Her vitals are stable and there's nothing to worry about now. We will put her on antibi
To my surprise, none of them stop us, even though I completely believed I would get flagged for wearing my scrubs alone. Rafael and I take a seat by the window, offering the view of the big waves hitting the shore. The yellow light is making him look almost modelesque, and I can’t help but feel sma
Valeria’s POVThat night, I can’t sleep.My thoughts are wrestling with each other, and my emotions were doing pretty much the same thing. I keep coming back to the wonderful date I had with Rafael, but when I do, I always end up thinking of that moment when I saw Ares dining with that red-haired wo
How will I accommodate a man in my life when it’s just been the three of us for longer than I can imagine? How will we all adjust to having someone who provides and protects, when I’ve been the one doing that since my twins were born?I don’t have the answers, and I think they would evade me until i
“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