LOGINThen we’re laughing and crying and awkwardly hugging around her injury.The next time Dr. Zorinski changes Emma’s bandage, I make sure to look at the injury. The silver really ate away a good chunk of her side. It looks like a creature took a bite out of her.She notices me watching. “Worth it,” she
EvelynI call for a healer, sending him to fetch Dr. Zorinski, to let her know that Emma has woken up.By the time my mom enters the hospital wing, Alexander and Dr. Zorinski have helped Emma up into a sitting position. Her eyes are open, and she’s called her brother an idiot twice, which has made h
“So please,” Dr. Zorinski adds, “continue to stay in this bed. Keep doing what you’re doing, or maybe more accurately in your case, what you’re not doing, so that we can continue to have good days for both you and your baby, okay?”I nod enthusiastically now.“Okay.” Dr. Zorinski takes a step back t
EvelynAlexander is sitting between me and Emma, holding both our hands when Dr. Zorinski returns. She smiles at the sight of us, making her way over.“How are they?” I ask. “The injured werewolves in the dungeon. I assume that’s where you’ve been?”She glances at Alexander. “What happened to not up
“It’s okay,” I say, trying to reassure him with a smile he knows is false. If he couldn’t already read it on my face, I know he can feel my unease through our bond. It’s so hard for me to lie here still.Doing nothing.“Maybe you could try talking to her?” Alexander suggests.I glance at her face, w
EvelynI want to be sitting in the empty chair next to Emma’s bed. Dr. Zorinski told me to stay horizontal in my bed, and I nodded, completely intending to ignore her instructions once she was out of the room.But she knows me too well.“Evelyn,” she said, “listen to me. You and your baby are safe,
EvelynAlexander’s finger slides easily in and out of me, driving my breath erratically wild. He pulls back the fabric on my breast, exposing my pert nipple to him. He sucks it into his mouth as his thumb finds my clit, and I let out a loud moan.I fist the sheets beneath me, still trying to fight t
EvelynI stand my ground in the shadows of the grand ballroom, even as my heart races at the idea that the tyrannical king may have discovered we’re mates. When he calls me over to him, I can hear my pulse pounding in my ears.“I’d like some wine please,” he says, handing me his glass.I take it qui
EvelynI stand with my heart threatening to beat clear out of my chest as Alexander looks me over with those penetrating blue eyes. I feel so exposed beneath his gaze that I half expect him to find the truth hiding in the folds of my mind.Yet he clearly believed me based on the punishment that he d
EvelynI’m so relieved when one of the ministers proposes my expulsion. I work hard to hide my excitement that I’ll finally be able to leave the palace and return to my family.So it comes as quite a shock when the punishment the king lands on instead is having me clean the grand ballroom.In fact,







