ia Prin
the wall, the sharp crack shatterin
red in her honey-brown eyes, but she masked it alm
-but Ginger's hand settled on his shoulder, and she held the limited-edition robotic mecha just within his
rt like a startled pup seeking shelter,
aped knee, and sung him to sleep every night. Yet here he was, cowering behind a woman he had barely met-not because he loved her
ending my hand toward him, fi
ng as he looked between the two of us without moving. His eyes
d a protective hand over Leo's shoulder. She was dressed in an immaculate white designer dress, th
ot a movie set," I said, stepping forw
yes instantly welling with tears.
I said, locking my gaze on
he open doorway, their eyes darting bet
nly lost its gentle cadence, ris
ghtening with sudden malice. "Anastasia, have you lied to your
in my gut. "What are
Alpha blood," Ginger sneered, her voice carrying clearly into t
in the room. In the hallway,
lungs. The room seemed
y?" My voice barely c
his wrist. She brushed aside the golden curls at the base of his nec
y son. I carried him for nine months,
spot thousands of times over the last five years, never on
nd spinning. "Andrew told me..
ilt my career!" Ginger stepped closer, her voice dropping to a vicious whisper meant only for me. "You were n
my knee to pack elders. Five years of swallowing insul
a calcula
my blood. My hand moved on pure instinct
a pair of small hands grabbed
er, glaring at me fiercely. "Don't touch my
froze in
being was now attacking me with his tiny sharp tee
ore from my throat,
ll his strength. "If you don't let me play with the t
completely absorbed. Ginger held him tight, looking at me f
my shoulder hitting the col
tive voice boomed from the doorway: "What
/1/130746/coverbig.jpg?v=20261009161419&imageMogr2/format/webp)