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,
“Your Majesty,” he greets with a nod from where he’s sitting, “and the ever-lovely Evelyn.”“I once ordered two of my best guards to confine the ever-lovely Evelyn,” Alexander uses Alpha Jackson’s words as he tells this story for who knows what reason. “She incapacitated them both, forcing me to han
EvelynThe Annual Celebration Ball is a roller coaster of emotions.From the moment Alexander and I locked eyes, the entire party seemed to fade away as he approached me like a magnet coming home. Emma told me something then, though I wasn’t really listening, all my senses focused on the increasing
Obviously, I heard the terrible things she said firsthand, so I know there’s nothing false about this made up report. By the way Sophia blanches next, I think she understands as much.“Yes, Your Highness,” she’s barely able to whisper.I send her back to the banquet, hoping she leaves Evelyn alone.
EvelynEmma gives me one of the four spare bedrooms on her floor, one of the rooms I didn’t have time to explore when she was with Alexander. It has a balcony that opens up to the gardens. With some sort of rope, I could climb down it without anyone knowing.Except that the King’s palace is encircle







