"Uh –" The first thing that came to my mind the minute I saw him was to turn back and go hide in the room. "He's our mate. Stop being scared of him." It was easy for Asena to say that because she was buried deep within me and could not feel the aura Cahir exuded just by breathing. "Good afternoon," I said to him as I came down the stairs. My mind flew over the place as I tried to decide what would be the best mode of action. Should I stop by his side? What would I be stopping for? What if he left the minute I stopped? Or should I walk past? Wouldn't the people standing around assume we were fighting if I saw my mate and just walked past with a simple greeting? I wished Cahir would make things easier for me. If anything, he could give me a sign to let me know what to do. Or he could walk away. "No, don't walk away!" My wolf snapped at me. "Walk up to him and kiss him!" Asena urged me but it was a good thing she did not have the reins of control else we would do nothing other than
"We need to do something about Cahir," Asena said in a quiet tone after he spoke those words with raging possessiveness in his voice. I now understood the problem he had with my dress which I did not see anything wrong in. The dress was shorter than I would usually wear but it was not so short that it would make people ogle me as I passed. I'd heard about the possessive instincts of Alphas. It was something that pushed them – a drive that made them strive to be more powerful in order to be able to protect the things they considered theirs. Some Alphas had it worse than others but Cahir – the words he said still rang in my head as we walked down the stairs with my hand still firmly grasped in his. "Now you see that he's a dangerous man," I said to Asena. "You see what I have been scared of all this time while all you thought of was wearing his mark!" I snapped at my wolf, my breath hitching. An Alpha's possessive instinct can make him destroy himself – after he destroyed everything
Laura and I abandoned the tour of the impossibly huge castle and settled on having tea and snacks in the greenhouse. It afforded us privacy as there was nothing but plants here and we could see when anyone was coming in. "I can't tell you everything because it is not my place," Laura started, "but I want to see Cahir happy. He has been sad for too long. You're the only chance he has at happiness, Sia." She took my hand and squeezed. This was the first time I ever felt anything close to motherly affection and it warmed my heart. I couldn't say a woman who just met me loved me but I didn't feel any negative energy from Laura. She was an open and kind person who made it easy for people to relax around her. "You know we were taken from our pack when Cahir was just ten years old. Alpha Boston raided our small pack, slaughtering most of the adult men and women. He took the rest of us captive and brought us to Alpha Blood to work as his slaves but Cahir –" She paused with a shake of her h
*CAHIR*"Man, I am almost jealous of you." Aristo flopped into a seat after walking into my office without knocking. "Congratulations, my man!" There was something going on with Aristo – Something I could not place a finger on. "You don't barge into my office, Aristo." My tone was level when I spoke but that blatant disrespect irked my wolf. "The next time you do that, you may end up crippled." "Oh –" His cheeks reddened. "I am sorry, Alpha." He bared his neck and my wolf was placated. "What's the update on Silver Moon?" I fingered the collar of my shirt as I spoke. "They haven't said anything. It may be too early for them to make the connection," my Beta replied, going into business mode. "The Alpha put up fliers and they are seriously searching for her but he doesn't know she is here yet." "He will know soon." I leaned back into my seat, calculating the fastest moves that would deliver Silver Moon into my hands. "You want them to know?" Aristo sounded surprised. "We just star
"... and done." I looked at myself in the full-length mirror in front of me. The makeup artist waited for my reaction but all I could manage was a blank expression as I stared at her work in the mirror. My Luna Ceremony had come. Cahir didn't even give me the time to settle in or to wrap my head around all the many things happening in my life at this point. He just sprung the news on me and I couldn't refuse. I sighed out loud and it may have spooked the makeup artist. "Do you – Do you not like it?" The lady asked. I caught a fleeting look of nervousness on her apprentice's face in the mirror. The younger girl stood behind me with her teeth worrying her bottom lip. "It's alright," I answered the makeup artist. The truth was that I could not focus on the person looking back at me in the mirror. Though my eyes were on the mirror before me, my mind was in a faraway place. "If you don't like it, we can modify it to your taste." I could tell she was nervous as she twiddled one of her
With the speed at which they rushed towards us, I thought they might run into us but they stopped a foot away and shoved microphones toward our direction."Alpha Calhir, after twenty-seven years, how did you find your mate?" One woman shouted in our faces. "Miss Sihana, who are you?" Another asked. "Alpha Cahir, Miss Sihana, where did you meet? What is your story!?" The bombardment of questions made me stick closer to Cahir because I feared I may be overwhelmed to the point of fainting which was not something I needed to happen to me on such an important day. Why were there reporters here? Luna Ceremonies were common and not as prestigious as Alpha Ceremonies which were planned for months on end. Very few Alphas had reporters covering their succession and most of the time, the reporters were from local news houses so why were there international reporters at a Luna Ceremony. I spotted a reporter from The Wolves Channel and Werewolves Broadcasting Network, which were two of the big
*KADE**THE DAY SIA LEAVES SILVER MOON*Guilt weighed on me as I returned from the hospital where the doctor told me there was nothing wrong with Sia. As a healer, her body could repair itself once she rested after doing so much work in the pack hospital today.I hadn't wanted to force her to work at the hospital but I knew this was a sure way for people to appreciate her in the pack. She'd been trying to win everyone's approval before but with time, I saw her give up. It was not a secret that she wanted to be loved, with how readily she did whatever was asked of her, no matter how degrading, but over the last year, she had started to withdraw from the pack. It was how I knew she had given up on Silver Moon.My phone rang then and I picked it up from the nightstand."Alpha! There are vandals destroying things in the pack!" One of my warriors shouted into the phone once I picked up."Goddamit!" I grabbed my keys from the desk beside my bed and dashed out of my room. These vandals must
“What the hell is this?” My eyes jerked up as I heard that familiar voice.“Alpha Kade, you did not tell us you would be attending!” Aristo was still with the microphone so he shouted into it. He had his back to me so I couldn’t see his expression but I heard the amusement in his tone.“Were you expecting him?” I asked Cahir in a whisper as Kade glared at us.Kade stood at the door with people staring at me but he did not notice them. His eyes were fixated on Cahir and I with pupils that glowed red.“No,” Cahir answered me, humour in his tone also. Then in a loud voice, he asked, “What are you doing on my land, Kade Warren?”“What am I doing on your land?” Kade shouted back. “What are you doing with my mate?!” Heads whipped from Cahir to Kade as he walked into the room. Someone in the crowd gasped and another pointed a hand at Kade.“Careful, I can slit your throat right here and now,” Cahir sounded cheerful. I too looked between him and Kade as the air around us charged with tension.