Claire POV After Catherine stomped out of my room and I read through the newspaper, realizing what had upset her, I struggled with my own temper. I was furious! How dare Nathan encourage rumors of courting me, after I told him outright that I wanted to start slow! Snatching up his letter, I marched over to my desk and sat down with some fresh paper, determined to give him a piece of my mind. For days I’d been struggling to know what to say back to him after I received his deep, emotional letter. It had been so moving, and so much what I’d been longing for during all the years we’d been together. And yet, I didn’t know if it was what I wanted right now. So much had happened between the Claire who lived to serve her mate and their child and the Claire who sat

