Chapter 16: Creating memory

It has been two weeks since the confrontation, the packs had agreed to from an alliance

Kara stood in Ryder's kitchen, her body swaying gently to the soft melody playing through the speakers. She wore one of his oversized shirts, the pleasing scent of his cologne mingling with the sweet aroma of the meal she was preparing. As she chopped vegetables with practiced ease, her mind wandered, vividly remembering the day she first met Ryder at the cafe, it felt like a recreated scene of they first time meeting that had ended in horror.

It had been a rainy afternoon, a serendipitous encounter in the most ordinary of places—an overcrowded cafe. Kara had arrived seeking shelter from the relentless downpour, her hair damp and unruly. Sitting alone near the window, she watched as people hurried past, umbrellas shielding them from the rain's persistence.

Ryder, tall and enigmatic, had entered the café looking equally drenched. With tousled hair and deep, piercing eyes, he exuded a magnetic aura