Adam’s POV“Bruce is asking for Stacey to meet him in the arena. She is ignoring him at the moment,” I tell Evie as we pull out onto the road.“She is wounded. She, nor I, understand how he could coward away and let you live with a human. I am struggling with the idea myself. Adam how could you do that?” She asks.“Evie, it wasn’t like I did it to hurt my mate. I didn’t think I had a mate. I was 28 years old, alone and I knew Augustus was going to have to name me heir. Iris was my distraction. But she also kept me focused. Growing my business didn’t happen overnight. I started doing campaigns at 21, just to let my creativity out. I was doing okay; I made a living. Just me and my ideas and a few contacts. Iris worked at the largest Media outlet in the Northwest. I took her to dinner to try and get favorable rates for my clients. I ended up sleeping with her. I got my favorable rates and a pretty steady fuck buddy. Bruce was pissed, he kept telling me to wait for you. That the goddess w

Evie’s POVI stare at the Lycan female for a long time. I’m waiting for her response. Finally, she speaks.“I can see the goddess hasn’t given you more brass than brains,” she begins to gather her things. “Word of advice from one female to another, know your place, and clearly you don’t. You are not special, you are mediocre at best, and even my son deserves better.”“Thank you, it’s good to see the bar set so low. That much easier to exceed expectations,” I tell her. Again, the males in the room suppress laughs.“Well, clearly you are too stupid to take my advice. So, I’ll leave you to your misery.” She walks out the door.“Would you gentlemen mind if I had a word with Evie alone?” Adam asks and my family leaves. “That was….”“Don’t say hot, or a turn one,” I cut him off.Adam raises his eyebrows, “I was going to say impressive. No one stands up to her. You flustered her, I’m impressed.”He moves closer and puts his hands on my waist in a loving way. He leans in and kisses my neck.“

Evie’s POV“Are you sure about this?” Adam asks as we put our bags into the boot of his car.“Yes, Adam, Joshua and Lucas are our friends, we should be there to support them!” We are leaving today for British Columbia, way out in the mountains. The Lycans have claimed an entire mountain and built their palace. Adam found us an inn at the base of the mountain since, as an Omega, he can’t stay in his parents' home or the palace.Joshua and Lucas will stand before the king tomorrow and be sealed as mates. Not that the king can do much to break them. They are marked. He would be killing them. Joshua is the son of a council member and Lucas’s family is considered nobility. If these two align against the king, Augustus might lose.Also at stake, will the king test the theory of rather or not he can keep fated mates apart.“I have a bad feeling, but you are right, we need to be there for Joshua.”We drive all day and make it to the inn. It’s small, but clean at least.“You can’t be loud in he

Adam’s POV“I’ll snap your neck, you piece of shit,” I hold Baxter against the wall. He is such a weakling, I don’t even need Bruce.Bruce- But I want to be a part of his death.Me- Get in line.“Emma” Augustus mummers out as they all stare at her head.“You can’t kill me,” Baxter laughs and then he puts his hand on my shoulder, the way he has many times to the king.Bruce- Magic, he is using magic. RESIST HUMAN!Me- Take over.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bruce’s POVI can’t help but smirk as my human gives me control.“Lycan’s don’t react well to magic we go mad, or we give up. Our mate is special, she gives us untold strength,” I say to the wizard in my grasp. I lift him off the floor, so we are looking into each other’s eyes. “You are why, Caesar my King, is so restless. I can fix that.”I squeeze, cutting off his air flow. I keep squeezing. Emma was our nurse, she raised Caesar and I. Before we were awake, we knew Emma. The caretaker of our humans.Without his mate,

Evie’s POV “Tell your daughter our agreement,” Augustus tells my mom.“You will be crowned. You will give the king an heir. After which you will be free,” My mother tells me. “I explained that you are very independent and won’t want to be tied down. Once you have produced a child and give him to the care of a nurse, Augustus will reject you. You will be free to live your life.”Stacey-Not a bad deal if you were more like your own mother. “So all you want is a child?” I ask Augustus. “Well, I will rather enjoy making said child,” He smiles. “But yes if after making love several times a day you still think you want to be free I will let you go. But should you chose to stay, you will be treated like the Queen you are. I promise.”“A Queen wouldn’t be breed,” I tell him. “Your mother said you were educated and intelligent, she forgot to mention you are nativè’. Surly you understand my love is real, but if you chose to not love me, I can’t force you. Nor can I force you to sleep with m