~RAIN~ I stretched and blinked my eyes open to the morning light flooding the room. Glancing around, I noticed Cody wasn't in his bed; instead, he emerged from the bathroom, fully dressed. I was surprised he was already prepared for class and hadn't bothered waking me. If it was in the past, he would have called my name or even asked me to wake me up, but I was surprised to see that he was already up and dressed. It was strange, unexpected of Cody. He would never do something like that. Standing up, I greeted him with a lowered head, "Your Highness." He didn't reply, as if I didn't exist. I couldn't blame him for following the rules, but I couldn't figure out why he was treating me with silence. He had been acting differently since the previous day, and I was worried, unable to understand the cause. Cody was never the type of person to give the silent treatment. When we were younger, he always apologized even when he was right, but now, it was different. "Morning, ready for class?

~CODY~I had no idea how long the kissing went on, but I fought the urge to walk up the stage and pull them away from each other. I sat there, boiling with anger. Ezra continued to growl in my head, begging to take over my body and attack Amara for touching our mate. I scratched my palm with my fingers to stop myself from attacking anyone."Rain and I are getting back together!" Amara announced, and everyone clapped and cheered for them. Cara, seated beside me, nudged me on the shoulder and pointed towards them."They look so good together," she said. I growled at her, but it wasn't intentional. My lycan viewed everyone supporting Amara and Rain as enemies."Cody!" she shouted my name and frowned at me after my growl. "What the hell?"I muttered an apology and stood up from the chair, trying to hide my bleeding palm from them. Caden was the first to notice, pointing towards my palm."Why are you bleeding?" he asked. I stared at my palm, clenched it tightly, and without saying a word t

~CODY~ "Rise and shine," Ezra's voice echoed in my head as I fluttered my eyes open and felt my hand on his warm chest. I gently rubbed it and then smiled as I raised my head to face him.He was peacefully asleep, looking calm, and even though I didn't want to disturb his slumber, I reached out my finger to touch his perfectly shaped brows. I trailed my finger on them and laughed when he arched his brows. "Funny," his deep voice sounded, and I gasped as I felt his hands on my waist and his erection pressing against my back. "Prince Cody, you're being naughty this morning," he muttered. "Didn't you have enough last night?"I chuckled and cupped his face, then leaned in to kiss him on the lips, not caring about morning breath. I was just happy to be so close to him. "Rain," I whispered between kisses. He grabbed my hands and lay on top of me, pinning my hands above my head."Since you want another round of our lovemaking like yesterday, I'd be happy to..."A knock sounded at the door.

~RAIN~He was finally mine. Who would have thought that the alpha prince would belong to me? Not in my wildest dreams. If only I had my wolf, I might have realized he was my mate.The mere thought of not recognizing my mate for two years made it feel like the world conspired against our bond. No wonder he seemed disappointed when we reunited, and I couldn't smell him.He had no clue, and I hadn't planned to disclose the presence of my wolf. Until I uncovered the reason behind my wolf's sudden absence on my eighteenth birthday, I intended to keep it a secret.During the arena games, I couldn't resist stealing glances at him, making it obvious to everyone that we were together. He didn't want that, and I respected his wishes, but I yearned to hold his hand without fearing judgment from others.I didn't care what anyone else said. I wanted to be with him constantly, without worrying about what others thought. It was none of their business; we were mates, and I loved him.But, did he love

~CODY~"It's time for grocery shopping!" Rain announced as he drove to the supermarket by the side of the road. With that, Rain reached into a bag they had prepared and handed me a brown wig and a pair of dark shades. "This is in case we run into others."I took the wig from him and put it on, and he also pulled out a black wig and matching shades for himself. "Now, no one will recognize us. Time to go undercover, my love," he winked at me and got out of the RV, and I did the same.As we entered the grocery store and grabbed a cart, I laughed and took out my phone to snap a picture of myself and Rain. Our disguises made us look like characters from a spy comedy, and we couldn't help but chuckle at the absurdity of it all. We took more silly pictures as we strolled down the aisles, picking out what we needed.We selected various products from the shelves, occasionally pretending to clumsily drop them, our laughter echoing through the store. "What are you doing?" I asked Rain, still gig