ALPHA LUCAS. The phone on my desk rang. It must be Aeon. I left a message for him to call me even after work hours. "Midnight Pack, this is Lucas. How may I help you?" "Lucas, Aeon here." "Hey, man! I’m glad you called in. I was trying to reach you for days." "Just been busy. What’s up?" "I just want to tell you I’ll have my Alpha ceremony soon. And you’re invited." "About fucking time, man! Congratulations!" "Thanks, man!" "Are you telling me you have a Luna already?" "No, I don’t have one. Not yet. But I already have someone in mind." "Way to go, man! Do I know her? So fucking annoying is this thing about having a Luna to be an Alpha." "I don’t get it either. But I think Dad just realized I’m more than capable now. And you? When are you taking over?" "After my union." He chuckled at the other line. "Is that a sarcastic reply or do you have a Luna already?" He took a deep breath before replying. "I have a chosen. So hopefully, after the Claiming. But you’re avoiding the

AEON."Can you fuck me?" She asked me in a soft voice.My jaw tightened as I untied the rope in her hands. I wondered if she knew what her words were doing to me. "Sssh... Let me fix this first. We need to heal your wrist.""I’m so wet, Aeon. I don’t know what’s happening." Tears streamed down her face, and I wanted nothing but to hug her. But I kept myself focused as I untied the last one. "Oh, Goddess, your hand on me feels so good. It stops the burning..." She whispered before she moaned.It was taking all of my control not to pounce on her. She kept talking, and everything that was coming out of her mouth just sounded so fucking sexy.Control, Aeon. You knew better than to take advantage of her.When I finally freed her hands, her arms snaked around my neck as she slammed her body on me. She caught me off guard and we stumbled onto the bed backward as my arms wrapped around her body to hold her still.I could feel her trailing her tongue on my neck, and I was slowly losing contro

AEON. I woke up with Alexa curled up in my arms, our legs tangled with each other, and I couldn’t help but smile at our position. This felt like heaven. And for a moment, it gave me the calmness I’ve been missing all my life. But reality slowly crept in. Alexa was just a dream. Sooner or later, she would vanish from my life. And I would be left with nothing again. I held her tightly in my arms as I pressed a soft kiss on her forehead. I closed my eyes and tried to relive the memories of last night. Alexa begged and pressured me to fuck her, but I stood my ground. I didn’t know I had it in me to watch an alluring naked female seduce me and yet, I left her unfucked. But not totally unfucked. I gave her release too many times last night until her heat subsided. When she finally succumbed to tiredness and fell asleep, I cleaned her up, and it was only then that I was able to fuck myself and have my own release. It was painful and torturous, but I was proud of last night. I was think

AEON. "I’m sure you can. But I need Katarina… I need her so I can save Alexa." I told him. I wanted to tell him everything, to take a bit of my burden off my chest, so I could breathe. Lucas and I were friends. We were not attached to our hips like Jacob and I were before the Clair Claiming fiasco happened. But I knew Lucas valued whatever we had and I knew him to be a good man. I knew I could trust him even if I was on the brink of losing my Chosen Luna to him. I didn’t want to be too proud anymore at this point. I needed help. "What do you mean?" He asked, his brows furrowing. I looked at him before I started the engine again and drove us to the spot in the middle of the forest, near a stream, where there were no chances of someone bumping into us. As soon as we arrived, I stepped out of the jeep and motioned for him to follow me. We sat on a big boulder with a magnificent view of the water in front of us. "My father wanted Alexa dead. If I hadn’t arrived on time, I would have

AEON. As much as I wanted to stay the night with Alexa, I knew my father must be waiting for updates about the attack. I was left with no choice but to return to the pack house immediately. But I promised her I would try my best to take her to Riley’s pack - not just because she wanted to be there but because I had to spend days in Riley’s pack for the game plan that we had to come up with to counter Achilles’ attack. And leaving her here while I was away for a few days would be torture, not just because I would miss her, but more because I would be thinking about her safety. The pack house was already quiet, but there were still lights illuminating some of the rooms. Some of the warriors were probably hanging out until it was their turn to do the patrol. But I didn’t check. Instead, my feet went ahead to my father’s office, and his lights were still on. I was summoned to come even before I had the chance to knock. "You arrived thirty minutes ago. Where have you been?" "I checked