LOGINSarah staggered backward.
~EVA~Five years.I keep thinking about that number because it genuinely does not feel like five years, it feels like we blinked and suddenly we have a five year old daughter who argues with her father about everything and a two year old son who has already figured out that smiling at people gets him whatever he wants, and somehow this became my life, and I am still getting used to how good it feels.
~NICHOLAS~I have been cool under pressure my entire life.Board meetings where millions were on the line, pack challenges where the outcome changed everything, conversations that could have gone sideways in a hundred different directions, I have sat through all of it without my hands shaking once, and I was genuinely proud of that track record.
~EVA~Sarah took my hand and walked me up to the platform, and I want to be very clear that my legs were doing the absolute bare minimum to keep me upright because everything from the last twenty minutes had my entire nervous system in shambles.The emcee stepped aside when Sarah reached the microphone, and the room, which had been buzzing with chaos from everything that had just gone down, went gradually quieter as people clocked that s
~EVA~One second Margaret was mid-air coming straight for me, half shifted, fur rippling up her arms and her face being absolutely horrifying, and the next second Nicholas was just there, between us, and his arm went forward, and Margaret dropped.My brain genuinely did not process it fast enough and I just stood there like a complete idiot with my mouth open while the entire banquet hall went so quiet I could hear the chandelier humming above us.
~MARGARET~Sarah suddenly stepped forward, and my chest tightened immediately because she had that dangerous look on her face again.“Enough,” she commanded, and the entire ballroom went quiet again. “Margaret has lied long enough.”I laughed instantly because what else was I supposed to do?
~MARGARET~My jaw hurt from smiling, one that made me want to rip these fake lashes off, throw my bouquet at someone’s head, and walk straight out of the ballroom barefoot.The guests were still whispering about the fight.Of course they were.Half the
MARGARET
EVANGELINEI was surprised to see Ilona.When Nicholas suggested that we have dinner, I’d assumed that he meant only the two of us. I was pissed off at him for his words, but I relished the idea of spending time alone with him. Sure, it was awkward, but it remind
NICHOLASIt was bad enough that he embarrassed her by cheating on her publicly and choosing his mistress time and time again, but this was a place where Evangeline was supposed to reign.She was his Luna, that was something that Margaret and Alex were yet to rip from h
NICHOLASFor once, the bastard didn’t have anything to say.He listened intently to every word I said and I could see the reality of my words settle in him. I wasn’t bluffing, I truly would have killed him if anything were to happen to Eva. Treaty be damned







