CHARLOTTE'S POV I run my fingers over the smooth diamond crystals of the diamond necklace, feeling their coolness against my skin. "He truly knows how to please you, my lady," My maid Amelia says, her voice filled with admiration. "Indeed, he does," I reply. It dazzles me how Prince Hayden has managed to make up for his mistake with such a extravagant gesture. This gift is a testament to his desire to please me, to make amends for doubting my accusations against issabelle. He has finally accepted me as his object of affection but I wonder if he will still accept me when he discovers I am no longer the pristine princess he is to be mated to. Will he be repulsed by the fangs that adors my mouth when I shift into my wolf form? It seems so impossible to imagine a future where he looks at

