Everywhere and Nowhere (Safe Haven Book 1) (21 page)

Five months later

All this time and the Seers could tell her nothing of Hailey. It was endlessly frustrating. Hadrian stood across from her in the throne room. The king, or Grandfather as he insisted she call him, sat straight in his chair unsmiling. The whole room was more somber than she’d ever seen it before.

“What news?” Hadrian’s voice rang out in the room.

“We have word through our spies that Leon has restarted the supply of Breathless to Pettigrew.”

Hadley flinched—it was what she had feared and it had happened.

She cleared her throat. “Did they say why he did it?”

“He still needs women to breed. They were not able to convince any of the women to stay behind voluntarily.”

“I wonder why.” Hadley raised an eyebrow. It was unusual for Grace to speak. She was the sister she still knew the least.

“And there’s something else, isn’t there?” Hadrian cut right to the point.

The news of the Breathless was bad but not bad enough to convene the whole royal family.

“Leon does not like how he was treated by our recently crowned Prince Hadrian. He has declared war on us and means to take all our women to breed with his men.”

That was indeed bad news. Although she was not, and hoped never to be, supreme leader on Haven, all eyes fell to her as they had been doing more and more often. She rose from her seat.

“Let him come. As I watch my sisters gain their birthrights and become more powerful every day, I am convinced there is nothing we cannot do. Our Warriors are the most talented and well-trained in any dimension. We have reestablished our links with the Great Ones and all our animals. Certainly the Mystics are not matched in the Shadow Realm. If Leon is foolish enough to come here, he will rue the day.”

Cries of joy filled the air as everyone applauded. Silently she met Hadrian’s eyes. To everyone else he looked serene but she could see the deep-rooted concern in his eyes both for her and their unborn baby. As far as she was concerned, this was Year One, the first in the new dimension they had all created together. It was theirs to defend and they would do so.

As a teenager, I would hide in my room to read my favorite romance novels when I was supposed to be doing my homework. I hope, these days, that my parents think it was worth it.

I am the mother of three adorable boys and I am fortunate to be married to my best friend. We’ve just moved from New Jersey to Texas where I am learning to love Barbecue!

I am in love with science fiction, fantasy and the paranormal and try to use all these elements in my writing. I've been told I'm a little bloodthirsty so I hope that when you read my work you'll enjoy the action-packed ride that always ends in romance. I love to write series because I love to see characters develop over time and it always makes me happy to see my favorite characters make guest appearances in other books. In my world anything is possible, anything can happen, and you should suspect that it will. I love to hear from my readers, please email me at
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Other books by Rebecca Royce…

Safe Haven

Everywhere and Nowhere

More coming soon….

Soul Bound

Prisoner of the Dragons

More coming soon….

Shadow Promised

Strange Days

Weird Nights

Bizarre Years

More coming soon…

Dragon Wars

Forever

Eternal

Always

Evermore

Endless (coming soon)

The Warrior

Initiation

Driven

Subversive

Redemption

Justice

The Westervelt Wolves

Her Wolf

Summer’s Wolf

Wolf Reborn

Wolf’s Valentine

Wolf’s Magic

Alpha Wolf

Angel’s Wolf

Darkest Wolf

Lone Wolf

Fallen Alpha

Alpha Rising

Alpha’s Strength

Alpha’s Sacrifice

Alpha’s Truth

Alpha Enticing

Hidden Alpha (coming soon)

The Capes

Seductive Powers

Adrenaline Rush

Last Ascension

The Conditioned

Eye Contact

Embraced (coming soon)

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