Part 1: Chapter 45

Nova

Nikolai and I are walking the woods/forest area behind the Volkov mansion with him relaying what took place at the pack meeting. It seems as though the witch and my wolf have a bad history together, and I actually can’t wait to find out what it is. I never trusted the witch to begin with, but it was not my place to say anything.

“So Alpha Kai isn’t mad at me, then?” I ask. As much as I loved saying my piece, Alpha Kai still scares the bejeezus out of me.

“Nah, he’s cool with everything. He even apologised to me for forcing me to lie to you; I think he wants to apologise to you as well,” he says, then holds my hand up to his face and kisses my fingers.

“He doesn’t need to apologise to me after what I did today, trust me,” I say, shaking my head. “In fact, he never needs to speak to me again, if that’s fine. Alpha Kai scares me shitless.”

Nikolai bursts out laughing and wraps his arms around me from behind, burying his face in the nape of my neck.

“Oh, come on, really? Kai has a