LOGIN“What is it?” She asked.“What if I go into labor during the wedding?” I asked, my voice barely above a whisper.She let out a snort, suppressing a laugh as she shook her head.“You aren’t going into labor today,” she assured me.“How can you be so sure?”‘You’re due yet,” she reminded me, raising h
Joanne’s POVSeveral weeks later. “It’s over…” I said, tears spilling down my cheeks. “I can’t believe this is happening right now. Why today out of all days?”“You’re going to be fine,” Kay said, standing behind me with a worried frown. “We will just get it resized… It’s no big deal. The seamstres
It made me nearly primal with need.He finally broke away from my lips and started to trail kisses down the side of my face; his kiss was exploratory and gentle, like he was mapping out all my features and committing them to memory.When he reached the sensitive part of the nape of my neck, I felt a
Joanne’s POVNobody dared to move; nobody dared to speak.Alexander just looked puzzled while most faces were pale and wary.“What did I just miss?” Alexander asked, turning to me. “Did he hurt you?”I shook my head, putting a hand on his arm.“No,” I tell him softly. “I’m pretty sure he just gave m
Another noble, then another… then another.Those nobles grabbed their wives by the hands and pulled them down as well, and though they huffed in protest, they wouldn’t dare go against their husbands in front of the King… they wouldn’t dare go against the King.Soon, dozens of nobles and their wives
Joanne’s POVThe throne room erupted.Gasps echoed from every corner of the chamber. Several nobles immediately began whispering amongst themselves while others looked completely stunned. Their wives were with their hands on their chests and some covering their mouths like they couldn’t believe what
Joanne’s POVEverything happened so fast after Mort slapped me across the face. I felt the sting before I realized what had even happened. I’m not sure when he got there, but suddenly James was standing in front of me, his weapon drawn and anger rolling off him in waves.“That stupid bitch,” Mort hi
Alexander’s POVThe smoke from the burned houses clung to everything—clothes, hair, skin, breath. No matter how many villages I’d walked into after an attack, the smell always hit the same. It was heavy, sour, and final.But this one was different.There were more bodies. More injured. More people a
He didn’t give me enough time to really admire it, though, before he conquered one of my nipples, sucking it hard into his mouth. I whimpered at the sudden sensation that coursed through my body, and I couldn’t help but arch my back. Pleasure pulsed through me as he teased and tasted my breasts with
Alexander’s POVThe storm came down harder than expected. Thick curtains of snow beat against my face as I pushed towards the struggling figure collapsed near the tree line. I could barely see him until I was almost on top of him. His limbs were stiff, his clothes soaked through, and his lips a frig







