Cassandra's POV "You have thought about their living arrangements?" I asked and she goes blank for another few seconds and I see a pattern. When you ask her what she wasn't expecting, she goes blank. Or when she is faced with something she did not see coming she goes blank and it is obvious to see her brain trying to make out the answer or solution to that question or obstacle."We have a few building they could live in. There's an abandoned school, they could live in it as a hostel. " she says and I hum."What if they have mates and children?" I asked and she sighs like I'm stupid."We wouldn't bring the mated ones here , just the unmated ones" she says and I give her that ohhhh sound as if I just realized that she was right. We get to the office and I walk in, she comes in after me and we both see Scofield in the office, overlooking some files. He immediately stands to greet me and I pat his back. He completely ignores Georgiana and I smile to myself. He can be petty sometimes. He
Cassandra's POVIt was like he knew I was coming. Or maybe he knew because the closer I moved to the dungeons the more the mate bond throbbed , pulsated even and when I got to the front of his cell he was standing and waiting for me. "You're here" he says and I nods. "It's been a while" I say and he nods. "How are you doing?" he asked looking me from the hair on my head to the shoes at my feet and I tilt my head. "Is it just me or you're happy to see me?" I asked him and he smiles. The idiot smiles."Yes, I'm happy to see you" he says and I fold my arms over my chest. "No anger over me killing your parents, taking the pack from your hands?, where is all the anger? " I asked and he takes a few steps backwards before copying my stance. "I'm done fighting" he whispers but I hear him loud and clear in this empty and echoing dungeon."Done fighting how?" I ask and he tilts his head backwards looking at the ceiling of his cell. "I've made peace with myself. Everything is my fault. Ev
Alder's POVMy skin bristles at the way he speaks to my mate and I clench my fist looking at the size of fifteen of them. I glanced at Schofield and saw he had that same disgusted , angry look on his face for their manner of speech to his Luna. Good, at least I had a glimmer of hope that of I start beating them to a pulp he would join me, at least to defend the honor of his Luna. I flinch as Cassie takes a step forward and makes a show of counting them. "Fifteen" she whispers loudly. "Is this your total number sir?'' she asked the one who confronted her, taking position as an unsolicited leader in the group. He huff and shakes his head. "No, we were fifty. The rest stopped work when it became too dangerous and the wage became too small for the stress. It just wasn't worth it anymore." he says and I flex my wrist. "What's your name?" she asks and I'm curious as well. I wanted to have his name in my mind , ready to hit him. "Eugene" he said and she tilts her head. "Well, Eugene,
Cassandra's POVAs we go back home, I am there nestled in the back seat, looking out the window because my cheeks are red and embarrassment is eating away at me. I cannot believe I held hands with him. I even locked fingers with him, Oh for goddess he must have found out that I felt lonely and so deprived of love. Another reason I am looking outside is because for weird reasons I just realized I can lock eyes with Alder through the rear view mirror , well yes it was because he caught me staring at him. It has been just a few hours out of the dungeon and he was already making me feel like this, this mate bond throbbing,. blushing like a school girl kind of way. "Anything left for today?' I asked out loud and Schofield answered with a"Nothing more, although you asked me to mark training at four pm today" Oh, I already forgot about that but thank the heavens that I put it there. Something to get him off my mind as well as giving Schofield the pass to hit me, that is if I'm not tr
Cassandra's POV"Yeah what's up?" he asks with a cutting edge in his voice and I inwardly grimace. Fuck I shouldn't have done that "I'm sorry for earlier" I say and his lips curl a little, not upwards but downwards. "Nothing wrong with a Luna correcting her subordinates" he shrugs and I sigh. This actually needs more repairing than I thought. "It's just, that's my wolf's reflex sometimes" I say lying through my teeth and praying it will get me off the hook this time."I said it's fine, I'm okay nobody's hurt" he says and I stand my ground." Well you saying nobody's hurt proves that you're hurt" I say and he scoffs. "Says who Luna?" he asks and I roll my eyes."Your words your tone, they all prove that you're mad at me. " I say and he nods. "What ever rocks your boat" he says and I sigh again. "Let me make it up to you" I murmur and he raises his head as he stops punching the bag of sand in front of him. " Make it up how?, you don't owe me anything, you made your mind clear
Alder's POV"I knew you were my mate , from the first time I saw you staring at me with those huge eyes. You weren't afraid of a huge wolf and I confess I was quite big for my age. I wanted to come close to you, till I heard you were the one without wolf. The one everyone was whispering about. The one every parent warned their child away from. I told my father and he told me to never speak of it again. Told me that before the people we should value mates as we got them from the goddess but we should try our best to switch the out. My mother wasn't his true mate. But that's a story for another day. " I say and she sigh."I'm tired Alder, tired of throwing blames, trying to find who is at fault and nothing is getting better. You did a lot of bad things to me as I did a lot of bad things to you as well. Things are not simple and easy but we can make it simple" she says to me and I nod."It's just about our feelings, I know how I feel about you. The mate bond is my witness. I feel it. Y
Cassandra's POV" I not only want to kiss you up here, but down there as well. All over your face, all over your breasts and your nipples. To look deep into your eyes as I am now and fuvk you raw and deep that you'll never ever forget who you belong to" he says and I'm entranced by his voice and his words. I never expected my mate to take like this. "You'll forget every other man that has touched you or kissed you before me" he whispers and his breath in the back of my ear only spurs me onLooking so harmless, under that exterior was a man that was so sexy he couldn't hide it as it spilled out of himNot that I was sure he wanted to hide it anyways. I swallow as I watch his lips, hoping I do not look so hungry for him to kiss me. I look up into his eyes for the last time and I see his wolf push to the surface his eyes glowing before he kisses me. And oh my days, Elia is a big fat liar. It isn't rose and fields and butterflies with this man, it's hard and fast and rough and I like it.
Gina's POV"He was imprisoned for a while. He came out of the cells repentant and he swore on his coronation day to not take any mate that was not you. Of course everyone thought you were dead at the moment so it was like he subjected himself to a life full of misery and loneliness." I say to her and I watch as she eats up the last bits of the sandwich I made for her. "So Alder suffered, he looks so " she whispers to her self as she licks her fingers. She looks a few years younger eating like a twelve year old. "What about my parents at the time?'' she asks me and I wonder why she would ask me that. "Your Majesty, why would you ask me that, that is something confidential to you're supposed to hear from Jack himself " I say to her feeling invincible hands clamp around my throat. I clear my throat and take a sip of water. "But you know, right? You're just telling me to ask my family, you're not telling me that you don't have a knowledge of what happened to my parents. " she says an