FAYE Its grip on me tightened some more, tightening, tightening, drawing me in further as the glow filled my head and the magic hummed even louder in my ear. I snapped the box closed immediately and shut my eyes to shake off the feeling. The magic was too powerful. Too alluring and strong. I felt like something had taken over me for those few minutes and I'd been behind a haze. I didn't know what I'd do with something like that if I had it, but I could still feel its powerful thrum. A glance around the room showed me everyone had felt it too. Somehow, Axel and Gardner were standing even closer to me. Their eyes glued to the box until I let the hand holding it up fall to my side. "So for how much longer is it going to be the responsibility of the Eclipse pack?"I asked Gardner. It took a minute to gather his thoughts. I wondered if those who had their wolves felt the power of the moonstone more strongly than latents did. "Well," he shared a look with Brenda and Deindre, "

FAYE I looked through my phone as articles on Nathan and Carver Tech kept popping up on it. The mere sight of it made me want to claw my eyes out. I didn't want this. I wanted Nathan to lose everything, to have nothing. I wanted to ruin Nathan and that stupid pack of his for all they made me go through. My heart squeezed as if it would shrink. I adjusted the shawl on my shoulders and crossed my legs at the ankle. The past week had really had been a lot. Brought me good things, but mostly so much responsibility. The past couple of weeks, I had frequently wondered how it would be if I was eventually crowned Luna and made leader of the Eclipse pack, according to my father's wishes. With me being a latent werewolf, I'd worried that I would be an outcast and treated like one, just like the Black Saint and his pack did. But that wasn't the case at all. The Eclipse pack had accepted me. They were all thrilled to have me as their leader, no matter my faults. It was no secret

NATHAN I spent more time in the pack house. It seemed everyone had had enough of me being absent, and after Lannon and I had that talk in my office a week ago, I'd had to reconsider the decision to stay far away from the pack house. Even though each night I spent here, I still saw her in my sleep. He had convinced me to spend time at the pack house, even if I didn't want to move back in. He was right afterall, I was now deflecting from my duties as the Alpha of the pack and he wasn't the only one who had noticed. I had left the pack in his care, but I was still the Alpha. He'd done his best to make sure that things were running smoothly in the pack with assistance from Carolyn, Zelda and Ernouf. I hadn't even seen Ernouf and Carolyn in months, so when Lannon suggested I drop by more frequently than usual, I agreed. I hadn't even realized I'd been this absent and detached from everything. It was hell. I was having a meeting with my board members and as it was, I was alread

FAYE Axel made us pasta. With meatballs that looked far too big. I helped him dish them out, and we carried them to the living room in. We ended both ended up on the floor, eating with me in sweats and him in simple worn jeans and t-shirt. We cleared out our plates and took the dishes to the kitchen. I'd never thought I'd have this much fun washing dishes. I couldn't help it when I suddenly thought of how it would be when we got married. Would it be like this? Him cooking most of our meals because I sucked at cooking. I shook my head at that, trying to dispel such thoughts. Before thinking of married life with Axel, I had to get divorced first. I'd promised Yvonne I'd send the papers in tomorrow but how? I didn't know how to go about it yet, and I didn't want to mention it to Axel now. We grabbed a bottle of red wine and two glasses before going back to the living room. We sat on the sofa facing each other, drinking red wine and watching the television with him occasiona

FAYE My entire body hummed with the tension at having been so close to him. That asshole had the nerve to say all those things to me! Who was he to say I wasn't fit to be Luna?! He'd probably thought I would be too broken by my miserable life with him to pull myself together and become something. I swirled the wine in the wine glass and then took a small slow sip. I felt hot underneath my dress. Despite the air conditioning, I felt hot and bothered. I didn't want to feel anything but hate and distaste for him, but my damn body seemed to love betraying me. I dropped the wineglass to the table and stood up to pace the veranda, the sunset I'd been watching now forgotten. I was sinking his ship. I'd seen the way he'd been with his investors. I'd gotten reports back on how far gone his company was. If he hadn't gone ahead and launched a new product without the capital and backing of the investors, I'd already stolen from him, then he wouldn't have sunk even further. I should