Rune.Soph, Marian, and Kimi’s voices danced in the distance around my ears, like background music, while I fixed my attention on the memory of last night, of myself in Kane’s arms. I had been in his arms several times, but last night was different. I sensed an urgency in his to claim me, but unfortunately, he was the king of self-restraint. I had raised myself even higher on my tiptoes, leaning most of my weight on his large body, but his hands stopped me from closing what little distance separated us. I sighed for the millionth time since I woke up. For some reason, I couldn’t get the image of our bodies pressed against each other with the cold night wind passing between us in an attempt to cool my rising temperature, out of my mind. We didn’t kiss, in the literal sense of the word. Kane’s lips had only brushed slightly against mine before he withdrew himself from me, placed a hand over his nose as he scanned the area, then he pulled me back into the pack house before disappearing
Rune.My last interaction with Kane left me feeling a little off, and it did not make sense to me in the slightest. Still, one thing was certain: despite my odd feeling, the handbook Kimi found was effective–if my recent interaction with Kane was anything to go by.Of course, when Kane let out a lazy, ‘come in’ and Soph opened the door, I dashed out of the door with an apologetic smile towards Soph for not saying hi to her properly. Soph did not seem to mind and had an accusing smile like she could tell I nearly wrapped my arms around Kane’s neck and pulled him in for a long, slow kiss.Kane seemed like a good kisser. Not that I knew what a good kisser was like since I’d only ever kissed once in all my twenty-two years of living by this young wolf, Carl, who at the time had a crush on me. He was one sweet kid and always told me how much he wished we’d grow up to be fated mates. Carl’s family moved out of pack territory years later, and I never heard from him anymore. The kiss was a po
Rune.I couldn’t tell if the moon goddess was on my side or against me or if it was my body fighting against or for me. I had woken up to slight pain passing through my body in waves for the second day in a row. Of course, by now, I knew what it meant, but I couldn’t believe it was happening because it hadn’t happened since the first time it did and nearly killed me. I was on heat. Without thinking, I decided to go about my morning as usual, hoping that because Kane was still in park territory, I’d be fine. I wasn’t.Kimi, Marian, and I skipped the morning debrief—mainly because Soph was absent—and focused on breakfast, after which Kimi began whispering about another handbook she had found to help me further my plans to conceive. “We need to pause it for now, at least until investigations are done,” I told her and then explained that I felt horrible that we were focusing on the wrong thing at the wrong time. Minutes passed, and the pain came in stronger waves, crashing against my b
Rune.My breath got hitched in my throat at his words, widened eyes darting from left to right in shock and pain.“For the pain,” his voice was thick and unsteady. A fire of need and desire flowed through my veins, setting my entire body ablaze. My eyes fluttered closed, loving the whisper of Kane’s lips on my neck, light and intoxicating. He sniffed my scent and held me tighter as though I’d disappear if he let go, and I stayed unmoving in anticipation while Zarah purred. We would finally be one with our mate. I had almost forgotten we were in bed with wet clothes–thanks to the heat that engulfed me from the feel of his hard-on against my bum. He felt so…big.His long fingers were cool and smooth as he stroked my arm sensuously while his lips nibbled on my ear and the skin underneath it. An electric shiver ran through my spine, and from my parted lips, a light whimper escaped. His fingers tenderly traced the line of my cheekbone and jaw like he was memorizing it, and then he took hi
Kane.The moment I stepped out of her room, I knew I made the biggest mistake of my life. I should’ve sent for Chris and asked him to administer some pain relief drugs for her instead of getting involved...Fuck.I could only tame Ky for as long as I had because all we had were imaginations and dreams of our mate without intricate detail. I went ahead and fucked that up by involving myself with her in the one way I swore never to do, giving Ky leverage over me. Now we knew what she felt like–tight–what she tasted like–the best damn thing I’d ever put in my mouth–and how she looked when she found her release–flushed, erotic, and especially heavenly.She was a fucking temptress, arching her body and watching me like I was the most magnificent thing she’d ever seen. It was what drove me to go as far as I did, and it would’ve been even worse if I had not pulled myself away from her. I could still hear the sound of her raging release even hours later, and when I closed my eyes, I felt t
It was a rather joyous day after the sadness and dark cloud looming over us in Shadow Moon Pack in the past few days.The investigation for Adam, the priest, had yet to be concluded, but Kane decided it was time to ordain a new priest. His decision made me wonder if he was giving up on the case or if he had found a lead and was working on something. Since Soph was reprimanded for taking me along to the scene of the crime last time, she kept most of the information to herself and only told me what she felt I needed to know–which was almost nothing.Worst of all, I could not ask Kane about it myself because things were far too awkward between us after his generous…assistance. After much contemplation and much more regret, I made the difficult decision to halt the pursuit of an heir and avoid Kane to the best of my abilities.I thought I did not care for the pack and the people on the receiving end of all the terrible things that had been happening, but I did.I realized I was too focuse
Rune.I inched closer to Kane with caution, contemplating if following him to his room was a good call or not. I had a feeling it wasn’t, but I went with him regardless. He collapsed on the edge of his bed, and with a sigh, he raked his fingers through his hair.I was worried about him. Seeing him return, looking so tired, so done with everything and in need of rest, in addition to my conversation with Chris, tugged at a string in the pit of my stomach and made me so sad, protective even. I don’t know if it was our bond acting up, but I wanted to protect him. I felt the need to shield him from all his problems. But I couldn’t because I knew by now that he didn’t want me in that way. I could only check up on him like any other wolf would do and be on my merry way. “What do you want?” Kane’s deep voice cut through my thoughts. I cleared my throat. “Are you okay?” “What do you want?” “I want to know if you’re okay,” I retorted, and he went silent.“Chris brought this for you,” I
Rune.Caden’s words pierced my heart like a thousand silver daggers dipped in wolfsbane into every part of my body. The cut sliced deep, nearly drawing tears right there where I stood with my lips parted.“He’s kidding!” Zarah tried to assure me, but the longer I stood there watching him watch me without a trace of humor on his face, I knew he was not.“What do you mean? What did I do to the goddess?” I had been good since the day it was revealed that I was Kane’s mate, so how could I have sinned so greatly that it cost me my womb?“I am merely a messenger,” Caden pressed his lips together, then he plastered a smile on his face as though he didn’t just give me the most heartbreaking news I’d ever heard.“It is disheartening to bear such a sad vision on my first night,” Caden placed his hand on his chest with his brows slightly furrowed. I played with my fingers for lack of a better thing to do—heading up to my room to breathe and calm myself down. I desperately wanted to leave the di