9. Ward

After dinner, I left the dining room, my thoughts still going back to what had happened in the woods with Kai.

He was not going to accept me in the pack because I was weak. I could not let an opportunity like this slip from my hands, staying in the crescent pack was the only way I would defeat the dark moon pack.

I needed to get stronger and prove to him that I was not weak.

I suddenly bumped into a hard wall.

“Ouch” had I been thinking so much that I walked into a wall.

I rubbed my forehead and looked up to meet Preston's gaze.

“I don't want to know what you were thinking about, but you should watch where you are going”

I was sure I had left Preston at the dinner table, then how did he get here?

“I….”

“Is this about Kayden”

My eyes widened, did he know that Kayden and I kissed?

“No” I shouted immediately as my face heated up.

“Your reaction is unexpected” he hummed and I realized that I had replied to him way too quickly to arouse suspicion that I was hiding something.

“No…. It's…. K