Kai:Irina walked toward the house, ignoring the pain that she was feeling as we walked inside the house.She was being sure to not even limp despite the pain that I knew that she was in. Her eyes met mom’s, and she nodded before I guided her toward the stairs. She walked up without saying a word, and I ran my finger over hers, helping her to the bedroom.“Now would be a good time to ask why you don’t have an elevator in this house?” Irina asked, and I chuckled, lifting her in my arms.“I chose not to have one, but it would only give me a more valid excuse to carry you in my arms. I hugged her to my chest, and she took a deep breath, not saying a word, laying her head on my chest. I took her to the bedroom and laid her on my bed, allowing her to rest. She hissed in pain and I watched as she wrapped a hand around her thigh, wanting to calm herself and ease the pain that she was in. “You need to rest, Irina.” I said, and she nodded.“I doubt that I have a chance at this point. I am ba
Cosimo: “What do you mean that she has gone missing? Where the fuck would she be going?” I snapped, shaking my head at the men who were assigned to keep my daughter safe. Their eyes refused to meet mine, and I knew that they understood that their lives would be the price of the game that they played. I wasn’t going to allow them to live if something happened to her, not when I fought everything to keep her safe and alive. “She was drinking her cup of coffee, boss. She disappeared afterwards. We don’t know what happened or how it happened, but she was nowhere to be found when we came back to see her.” One of the men said, avoiding my eyes, clearly scared of my reaction. I let out a low growl, they were human, but they knew me as the Alpha that I was. “Find her, and if ONE hair is harmed on her head, your life will be the price of it. And I give you my word, I am not going to be sure that it is done in the most painful way possible.” I said, and the men looked away from me before tak
Irina:“I believe that it is time for us to start preparing for celebrations within the packs.” Katerina said, making Kai frown in confusion. “Celebrations?” He asked. I put my fork and knife down as I looked at the woman, allowing myself to digest what the woman was saying. The lack of respect was evident in her behavior and tone, but I had to admit, I didn’t think that she would go as far as start a celebration when she knew that I was still mourning. “As you may know, we have a new Luna in the pack. The packs are going to have to know. Considering the fact that the two of you eloped in a hurry, we were never able to fully celebrate her presence. You know our ways and you know the ways of the wolves when a new pack Luna arrives to her Alpha.” Katerina said, looking at her son.My chest ached, and the idea of celebrating when I just lost my father less than a month ago when my mother was held captive Cosimo was not an ideal way to start things for me.“With all due respect to your
Kai:“I want to understand what you’re trying to reach, mama. Because you know for fact that we didn’t need a celebration. The woman is in pain, she is mourning, and rather than respecting her…”“I am doing what is best for our pack. While you do not understand, I know what I am doing, and even your wife has admitted…”“Irina has lost her father, does not know the fate of her mother and whether or not the woman would even look at her, and we are here, starting a celebration?” I said, stopping her.“She is part of our pack now, and as you may know, she should let go of everything that would make her seem like she came from another pack. The woman is a rogue, like us, and she shouldn't be associated with those who are not. Else, she is neither a rogue, nor is she part of our pack.” Mom said, stopping me. “She is mourning, and has been for the past ten days, I did not say a word. But it is time for her to stop with the nonsense and start with her responsibility as Luna. It is bad enough
Irina:I sat on the couch, reading through a book as I laid my head on the armrest. It was the only thing that I could do considering the fact that I didn’t know how I was going to work tomorrow. The stories that were in the past intrigued me, and it was one of the reasons why I found myself more and more attracted to what had happened. I wanted to know the way that they lived, what they did, and how they went on with their lives.Luna Katerina entered the living room, and though I was intrigued to get up, I chose not to. The woman had the right to roam around her own home, and I wasn’t going to stop her because she chose to do so. She put a tray in front of me, and I frowned in confusion as she took a step back. Her eyes met mine and I shook my head in question.“You decided to poison me already?” I asked, and she took a seat on the couch in front of mine.“I wouldn’t be killing you through poison. I am not that low, and I am not that type of women,” she said, and I nodded. “But yo
Kai:“We are going to be putting these here,” I heard mom say in the garden.“Why not choose a different color? The tones are a bit too dark and if this is going to be a celebration, we might as well make sure that they know that it is.” I heard Irina say and I raised an eyebrow. I walked out to the garden and shook my head in question as a small smile formed on my lips. “What am I seeing?” I asked, and mom winked at me. Irina’s eyes met mine from a distance and I saw how happy she seemed to be. Her pain was still in her eyes, but at least, she was able to stand in front of me as the Luna that I wanted her to be. She wasn’t weakening nor was she showing any signs of pain. If anything, she was showing off her strength.“Which color do you think is more suitable? I was thinking a darker tone, maybe blue, but Irina believes that beige could work just as fine. What is your input on it?” Mom asked, shaking her head in question.“I think that both colors are beautiful. You can choose the o
Irina:“Are you okay?” Luna Katerina asked, noticing that I was quiet.I smiled and nodded, knowing to keep her words in mind. I had to admit, despite them being painful, they were what kept me standing right now. The idea of her being right was one thing that I knew to respect. She was older than I was, more experienced, and I knew, even if it was deep down, that she had suffered a lot more than she was letting out. It was most likely why she was as careful as she was.“I’m fine, just a little lost in thought,” I said, and she nodded. “Where did Kai go?”“He most likely went to work. My son has his own things to finish. Sometimes you find him neglecting them, others you find him running after them. It just depends on the mood that he’s in.” she said, and I nodded. It was true, I did notice that he rarely ever went out to work. He mostly had his work inside his office at home. Unless, it was heading off to one of his clubs. “Do you think that he liked what we set up? He didn’t commen
Kai:“What happened between the two of you, Kai?” Irina asked, cleaning the cut that was on my neck, making me hiss as the alcohol stung my skin.“He tried crossing different limits, but don’t worry, baby. I put him in place.” I said, and she shook her head.“You look angrier than something to be that simple, you know that.” She said, and I looked down at my feet, avoiding her eyes.“He threatened to play the same game that he did with Clarice. He didn’t mention you, but I know that he has intentions that aren’t that pure, and that he is trying to use them against the two of us. He is going to end up pressing on your buttons and that fact alone is annoying me.” I said, looking away from her. I didn’t like knowing that he was using her against me. I didn’t even know how I was going to get her out of this. We had so much in our hands right now, and I knew that dealing with one thing at a time was not going to be something that I am going to be able to do.“You know that we are going to