LOGINDaisy Every second after that stretched into an eternity.The doctor arranged his instruments with practiced efficiency while the soft clink of polished metal echoed far louder than it should have.I couldn't tear my eyes away,not when the leather case suddenly looked less like a doctor's bag and more like a trap."Shall we begin?" the physician asked pleasantly."Naturally." Lady Zara rose first.She moved with effortless grace, smoothing an invisible crease from her sleeve before following the doctor into the adjoining sitting room."It won't take long," he assured us."It never does," she replied.The door closed behind them and silence settled over the dining room. I stared at my untouched breakfast and it was no surprise that the tea had already gone cold.Beside me, Yvie calmly continued eating as though nothing unusual was happening.I couldn't understand it.Didn't she hate doctors? Didn't anyone?Apparently not.Several minutes later, the door reopened and Lady Zara emerg
Daisy I must have read the letter a dozen times before I finally tucked it safely into the pocket of my dress.The edges were already beginning to soften from how often I'd unfolded it, but heaven knows I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. It wasn't a long letter, and honestly, it didn't need to be.“I arrived safely.” I replayed the words in my head with each passing second. “I'm closer than I was yesterday. I can't explain everything yet, but I need you to trust me a little longer. I miss you already. Wait for me.”There was no elaborate declaration, no dramatic promise. Just those few words written in Caspian's unmistakable hand.I slipped my fingers into my pocket, brushing the folded paper again and it felt like a lifeline.I only had to endure a few more days, just a few before all of this would be over. He was searching for a way to stop the wedding, he was fighting for us, and I, I only had to hold on until he came home.The thought steadied me enough to leave my room
Daisy I woke to the sound of furniture moving and at first, I thought I was dreaming.A dull scrape echoed somewhere below my bedroom, followed by the muffled voices of servants and the steady rhythm of footsteps crossing polished floors.I frowned and glanced toward the clock. It wasn't even eight.Another scrape pulled my attention again, then another and another. With a sigh, I climbed out of bed and walked toward the landing.The moment I looked downstairs, I stopped.The foyer looked like a hive that had been kicked open.Servants hurried from room to room carrying paintings, flower arrangements and polished tables.The lilies that had always stood beside the staircase were gone and in their place stood tall white orchids. The grandfather clock had been moved several feet and even the rugs had been rolled away."What on earth...?""Good morning.".The familiar voice made me turn and Yvie stood at the opposite end of the landing.She looked perfectly composed, as though waking
Daisy The mansion had never felt so empty and it wasn't because there were fewer people inside.If anything, the servants seemed busier than ever, moving through the halls with quiet efficiency, polishing silver, dusting furniture and carrying fresh flowers from one room to another.No.It was because Caspian wasn't there. Every room reminded me that he'd left only hours ago, and somehow, that absence had settled over the house like a heavy fog.Without thinking, my hand found my stomach again and a tiny smile touched my lips."Our secret," I whispered.The words had barely left my mouth when the sound of a car pulling into the driveway echoed from outside.First it was one car, then another and another. A frown touched my lips as I got out of bed and peered through the window. Just as I thought, there were three luxury cars parked just in front of the mansion. Visitors.I headed towards the door, and I had barely stepped past the threshold before a servant hurried past me so qui
Daisy No matter how much time passed, I couldn't stop looking at it.Two tiny lines, two tiny lines that had somehow changed everything.I laughed, and the sound escaped me before I realized it had, soft and watery, and almost immediately it dissolved into another sob."Oh, God..." My fingers trembled as I reached for the test again.It still hadn't changed, it was still positive. I read the instructions another time, then a third, and finally a fourth, as though somewhere between the lines I would discover I'd misunderstood everything, but I hadn't.I was still pregnant.My hand drifted instinctively to my stomach. Nothing had changed, I looked exactly the same, I didn't feel any different, and yet, everything was different.A baby.Our baby.Fresh tears rolled down my cheeks, but this time they weren't born entirely from fear. There was joy, real, overwhelming joy.I pressed both hands over my mouth to smother another laugh before it escaped."Caspian..." I whispered through tear
Daisy Waiting was a cruel thing and the longer I waited for Caspian to come home, the more impossible it became to sit still.I'd tried.I'd curled up on the sofa with a book I'd barely managed to read a single page of. I'd wandered through the gardens until every flower seemed to blur together. I'd even attempted embroidery before pricking my finger twice and giving up altogether.Nothing helped.My thoughts refused to stay anywhere except with him. The grandfather clock in the hallway chimed another hour and I sighed."Where are you...?" I murmured to myself and without realizing it, I'd begun pacing again. I went from one end of the hallway to the other, turned, walked back just to turn again.The polished wooden floor echoed softly beneath my slippers, but I didn't care about that as I folded my arms tightly across my chest.He'd promised he wouldn't keep anything from me anymore, and yet he'd left before sunrise without telling me where he was going.I understood why. At leas
CaspianThe Crimson Cycle hits every Lycan male on the winter solstice. It is a biological curse. A fever in the blood that demands violence or a mate. Usually, I lock myself in the palace vaults and sweat it out. I suppress the beast. My twin brother, Octavian, always had a way of handling his cyc
DaisyThe smell of pine and expensive cologne always made my stomach turn, but tonight it was suffocating. The Hall was draped in silver and black silk for the Lunar Awakening. It was the night every shifter in the Blood Moon pack waited for. The night the future Alpha turned twenty five and finall
Octavian Daisy eventually fell asleep, but not all at once. It happened in pieces.First her breathing steadied against my chest, the sharp pain in the bond dulling little by little beneath my hands. Then the tension slowly drained from her body until her grip on my shirt loosened completely an
Caspian The second Daisy’s pain spiked through the bond, I knew something was wrong. It wasn't anger, nor was it the usual heat and chaos that always erupted between us whenever we got too close.This was different, this felt like something breaking.I straightened abruptly from the desk in my







