Share
089 | Returning that which should never have been taken
Related chapters
An Affair with the Alpha 090 | An unwelcome arrival
Caleb’s POVOh, no no no – this couldn’t be good.I flattened my lips into a thin slash as Amelia stepped out of the trees. Foxy Spangles was struggling in her arms, scrabbling desperately to get free of her. She winced as his claws scraped down her wrist and dropped him; he ran straight over to Rhiannon and wound around her legs like a cat.Stephen was still gripping Rhiannon, like if he held onto her tight enough he could fool the Moon Goddess herself into thinking that he was her true mate. Even though we were literally out here to look for his true mate, Hyacinth. This little love triangle was complicated enough without Ames coming along for the ride, too.“You were supposed to be looking after Foxy,” I said slowly, still trying to get my bearings. “Not bringing him out into the cold.”Rhi looked like she was about to collapse. “You asked the Luna to look after him?” she asked, staring between all of us like she couldn’t understand what she was seeing. “When you said you’d taken
An Affair with the Alpha 091 | What sort of idiot would believe me?
Rhiannon’s POV‘This is amazing!’ I laughed, letting the thrill of sprinting through the woods ease my other worries. They didn’t go away, of course, but they were quietened for a while. ‘Fuck, Tigs, I’ve missed you.’‘I’ve missed you! It’s great to be back.’‘Where were you?’She shrugged, somehow managing to do it without breaking stride. ‘It’s hard to say. Gone, I suppose. I was still of aware of everything, but… I was separate. Like a star looking down, unable to do anything but watch.’My belly swooped. ‘You were really gone? For good?’‘If the Moon Goddess hadn’t put me back, I wasn’t coming back.’‘It was really her?’ I breathed. ‘The Moon Goddess herself intervened to give you back to me?’‘She did.’ Tiger’s eyes lit up, burning an even brighter gold than before. They reflected back to me off every tree trunk we passed, as if she had two lamps beaming out of her face. ‘Marcella should never have ripped us apart. She was righting a wrong.’‘Righting a wrong,’ I repeated, squint
An Affair with the Alpha 092 | Alpha Caleb's power of command
Rhiannon’s POVI blinked through the shroud of darkness curtaining my vision. Every part of me was cold, and I tried to curl in on myself to warm up. Painful shivers wracked through me. Where had Tiger’s fur gone? I could feel hard snow compacted down beneath me, and human limbs trembling instead of my wolf’s powerful legs.Then I realised why I was so cold.I was naked.I sat up sharply and pressed a palm to my forehead. Or I tried to, at least – warm arms enveloped me, holding me tightly to a familiar chest. “Are you all right?” Caleb murmured, his voice raspy with concern. He tucked his cloak around my shoulders; I snuggled into its heat, too confused and brain-fogged to do anything more.“What happened?” I asked eventually.He kissed my forehead; I heard two low growls from the others. Caleb’s back stiffened. “Tiger was walking along, and then she wobbled, and then you fell. You shifted out after you hit the ground.”I squeezed my eyes shut before opening them again. “I think I b
An Affair with the Alpha 093 | The awful truth
Rhiannon’s POVCaleb looked at Amelia sharply. That alone was enough to make me curious – and it wasn’t like I could turn down the Luna’s request anyway, even if I’d wanted to.“Of course, Luna Amelia.” My gaze dipped to Caleb as I spoke; he shook his head slightly, a frown pinching his brow. “We won’t go far,” said the Luna, but Caleb cut her off.“Why are you taking her anywhere? The reason we’re stopping is so that Rhiannon can rest.”Stephen shot me a dirty look at that reminder. I held my hands up. “I said I was fine.”Amelia sighed. “We’ll only be five minutes.”“If you want to talk to her, talk here.” Caleb crossed his arms. “Mindlink if you don’t want us listening in.”“I asked if she’d come with me. I never said anything about talking.”‘This is ridiculous,’ I muttered to Tiger. Then, aloud, I said, “It’s fine, Caleb. I’m more than happy to go.”He replied through a mindlink. ‘She’s up to something. What if she hurts you? Kills you?’I couldn’t hold back my scoff. ‘She’s sti
An Affair with the Alpha 094 | Turned against me
Caleb’s POVI paced around our shitty little camp, doing loop after loop around the fire and feeling two sets of eyes on me the whole time. I was pointedly ignoring Stephen, but I met Foxy’s gaze whenever I went past him, curled up in a mound of Rhiannon’s clothes in one of the tents.All I wanted to do was mindlink Rhiannon – but how pathetic was that? The girl was a powerhouse in her own right; she could handle anything Amelia threw at her.Knight whined. ‘But she’s not well. She passed out not long ago. And Maeve is strong, man. Really strong.’‘Rhi is right,’ I said on a sigh. ‘Ames wouldn’t hurt her. She never agreed with what I did to Marcella, even though Marcella had poisoned half the pack. She wouldn’t touch Rhiannon over something none of us can control.’I hoped, anyway. I knew them both well, and that meant I knew they both had fierce tempers. One comment taken the wrong way could end up in fireworks.“What are you pacing for?” huffed Stephen. “She’ll be fine. Although I d
An Affair with the Alpha 095 | I guess women just ignore me now
Caleb’s POV“Rhiannon?” This time, when I said her name, it wasn’t a breath of relief. It was a question, fraught with nerves over whatever had happened since she’d left the camp with Amelia.“She’s upset,” purred Amelia. The sound of her soft, sinful voice had the tiny hairs on the back of my neck raising. She slithered onto my lap and wound her arms around my neck. “Leave her be.”Stephen and I shared a look. Yeah. It had to be bad if I was sharing looks with bloody Stephen.‘I quite like him, actually,’ said Knight, but his eyes kept dipping to Rhiannon and the closed tent. He was as distracted as I was, then.‘He’s not completely awful,’ I agreed. ‘But, more importantly, buddy, what the hell happened out there?’Knight considered it before replying. ‘Amelia seems eager to talk. Rhiannon does not.’ He whined. ‘Do you think she hurt her?’‘There’s only one way to find out,’ I said slowly, already hating myself for what I was about to do.I looped my arms around Ames’s waist and pull
An Affair with the Alpha 096 | Taken by the wind
Caleb’s POVPanic gripped me. Its cold, unforgiving claws dragged down my spine as I stood up and started towards her tent. My eyes roved over the area frantically, searching for any sign of her.Ever since she’d been hurt, I hadn’t been able to think clearly when it came to Rhiannon. Now I’d seen her collapse, too, it was like my nervous system had been replaced by a live wire – one always a fraction of a second away from shocking me. It was too easy to picture her hurt when I'd seen it in reality so many times.My knees locked as I bent down in front of the tent she’d shared with Stephen. I scanned the snow for tracks, but fresh had fallen in the night, covering any sign of her. My heart thudded so fast it was almost painful.Knight let out a low whine. ‘I can’t smell her,’ he said.The cold claws dragging down my spine grabbed me tight. I yanked their tent open.Two sets of wolven eyes looked up at me angrily. ‘So that’s why I couldn’t smell her,’ Knight huffed, disgust prominent
An Affair with the Alpha 097 | I had to kill her
Rhiannon’s POVTiger’s fur bristled as I said, ‘Luna Amelia told me what you did.’I’d not been able to think about anything else since. As much as the mate bond made me crave Caleb, I couldn’t see past what he’d done. And I knew, I knew, that the Luna was playing me like a fiddle.She’d picked the one song that I couldn’t evade, though. It sung to me, spun me in circles, kept me angry, kept me hateful.Because Marcella hadn’t deserved that.I added, ‘I want to hear it from you, Caleb. I want – no, I need – you to tell me what happened with Marcella.’Even in his shifted form, I recognised his frown. ‘What happened with Marcella? Rhi, isn’t it obvious? She hurt you. Fuck, she nearly killed you.’ Knight’s eyes hardened, taking on a red glow as his anger built. ‘I had to kill her.’I held his gaze defiantly. ‘No, you didn’t.’He scoffed. ‘What? This is what you’re angry with me about?’ I could see his own anger still growing; Knight was practically shaking with it. ‘You ignored me, made
Latest chapter
- An Affair with the Alpha 127 | Epilogue
- An Affair with the Alpha 126 | I want to mark you
- An Affair with the Alpha 125 | The long walk home
- An Affair with the Alpha 124 | Enough is enough
- An Affair with the Alpha 123 | We'll wait for the dust to settle
- An Affair with the Alpha 122 | Why did it have to be her?
- An Affair with the Alpha 121 | A million miles away
- An Affair with the Alpha 120 | All things end
- An Affair with the Alpha 119 | Alpha Can't-Handle-His-Emotions
