(Katriona)“YOU have eleven days left before the full moon. You are doing good, Katriona. You are gaining the Northerners’ trust. I always knew you were capable. Keep it up. Bradley, your parents, and the city will wait for your victory.”Valerie blinked. Her eye color had returned to normal. They were back to being light brown again. She found me staring at her. Her forehead creased. “Is something wrong?”I shook my head. Valerie clearly had no idea that she had been possessed when she went into my room. In fact, she looked lost when she found herself holding my arm. She released me right away.“What was I doing here?”I gulped and struggled to smile. “You were checking if I’m feeling better. Thank you for the concern, Valerie. I’m fine now as you can see. Let’s head out. The alpha has been calling me.”“Alright,” she answered, still confused. “By the way, I would like to…” She cleared her throat. “Thank you for saving Giselle. She’s my best friend’s daughter. What you did means a lo

MY PULSE spiked with anticipation when Alexander kicked the door behind us. Now that he was drenched, his hair clung to his forehead.My best friend used to tell me that there was something lethal about men and their wet hair but I didn’t really believe it until I saw Alexander. Both of us were soaked but I didn’t feel cold. It was the opposite. The more I looked at him, the more my body burned up, and the more my core ached to be filled again.And after seeing the smug smile on his face, I could tell he knew it. He knew how easy it was for him to make my body follow his every whim.He looked so sinfully hot that I couldn’t even hate him for that smile.Alexander was changing me, my preferences, my fantasies, my dreams, including the things I thought I needed and wanted.We didn’t get to reach my room anymore. Alexander was in a hurry and so was I. He devoured my mouth as soon as we entered the living room.After this day, I knew I was never going to kiss someone else again. That woul

(Katriona)“NEVER MIND. Don’t answer that. I think I know what you are going to say next,” Alexander said after a few seconds of silence between us. He withdrew his hands and started walking away. Wait. Was it tension and nerves that I detected in his voice?But I shook my head.Alexander McCain being nervous? That was like saying that the earth was square. A supreme alpha like him would never be anxious because of me.He was already at the door when he noticed that I was not following him. He stopped but he didn’t turn around.“What are you waiting for?” His voice was a shade rougher than usual. “A goddamn miracle?”I shrugged. “Sort of. I’m waiting for you to turn around for me.”“Enough. Just get the fuck in.”“Look at me, Alexander.”“Don’t push it, princess.”Instead of listening to him, I looked up at the sky, at the moon to be specific. Before this moody man came home, I was asking for a sign. But after seeing him, after I landed in his arms, I realized that there were no more

(Alexander)‘I’M about to do something I might regret but I’m doing it anyway.’I saw the wild anxiety rising in Katriona’s chest while I was absorbing what she said.‘I’m losing time. I need your help, Alexander.’That was seven days ago, after our first exchange of our secret code. During the past week, I witnessed her desperately try to morph herself into something. Katriona trained with my warriors. She had excellent fighting skills. She was a princess who didn’t need a knight. She was a knight herself.Katriona fights with natural grace which is hard to possess these days. I witnessed her take down three of my top-ranking men. The first one was via knife combat and the remaining two was a duel in the ring.Frankly, what Katriona truly needed to work on was her confidence, her belief that she could do anything she put her mind into but that might take a while since it was her own family who shaped her thoughts that way her whole life.We still have the usual conversation although

“THEY cannot be disturbed. That is the Alpha’s order. Once the trio are together, no one is supposed to interrupt them. The last one who tried was sent flying out of the house, barely alive. I’m sorry, Katriona. I hope you understand,” Jace said apologetically after seeing Valerie and I in front of an old house. “Once they are done with their business inside, I will inform the Alpha that you paid a visit. For the meantime, please go back to his house.” The trio Jace was talking about were Clyde, Duke, and Alexander. They were called ‘the indestructible trio in the North’. “The one you are keeping hostage inside is related to me. There are still many important things I need to clear with him, things related to my life that your alpha doesn’t know about,” I reasoned out without plans of backing out. “This is about me, too, Jace. I have the right to be there and interrogate him myself. If I wait until later, knowing your alpha’s temper, he might kill Bernard before I get the answers.”