No guards stood at the door to watch them dress and hurry them along, but he nevertheless schooled his features to give no indication of the jewels hidden in the lining of this particular set of clothes. He didn’t think about the richly appointed rooms he’d enjoyed as a son of the emperor anymore, nor remember the plentiful and succulent meats upon which he’d feasted, or recall the warmth he’d taken for granted as a child of royalty. Muzzy-headed and yawning, Nika pushed down his blanket and scrabbled into the linen shirt, blue velvet breeches, military-style vest, and overcoat designated as his traveling costume when the rebels had overrun the palace what felt like several lifetimes ago. Quickly,” she said, already turning to attend to Nika’s brothers and sisters in the attic set aside as the nursery when they’d arrived at Barton House three moons ago. He’ll risk everything to realize the ideals of the rebellion…and end his fate as the tribes’ last emperor.ĬONTENT WARNING: palace intrigues, mpreg themes, shifter knotting, and two stubborn alphas who must learn to work together to save an empireĪfter a gentle nudge from Averlee, Nika blinked awake to the steady plink plink plink of rain pelting the window next to his pallet. And if he seduces Arit to win Benjic’s support, Nick won’t give up his throne, either. But that’s all he’ll do.Įxcept Nick isn’t an omega.
Arit will guide them on an adventure tour exploring their wolf instincts that’s his job. He craves strength on strength, the challenge of an alpha mating another alpha. When Elder Benjic, his estranged sire, shows up with the celebrity prince to fulfill a pre-war mating pact, Arit refuses. Who better to drag the tribes from corruption into freedoms the rebellion had promised if not the prince who became one of the peasantry in exile?Īrit hates politics. Some, however, seek to capitalize on Nick’s survival. He’ll do whatever he must to persuade elders who now rule the tribes…even offer to abdicate. History was wrong.ĭecades later, yarn shop owner Nick Goode reclaimed his identity to see his long-dead family decently buried. History taught that rebels executed the imperial family, including young Prince Nika Marisek, and hid the bodies in an unmarked grave. The tribes were his to lose…and theirs to regain.
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