AEON. My arms wrapped around Alexa’s soft body, my hand on her nape, holding her in place as our lips crushed against each other. She was sitting on my lap, straddling me with her arms snaked around my neck, pressing her body closer, as if she didn’t want to let go. And I understood. I felt the same way. I didn’t want to let her go. But I have to. She bit my bottom lip harder, and soon my blood mixed with our kisses. She was moaning softly. Her hands slid from their grasp around my neck and reached for the collar of the shirt I was wearing, tugging at it as she pressed our bodies closer. I could feel the heat coming off our bodies, and I knew I had to stop and pull away now or I would totally lose control. "Baby, enough. You need to transfer to Krane’s car." She shook her head, resting her forehead against mine. "One night with you is not enough." "I know. It’s not enough for me either. I’ll try to sneak out later if I can. If not, I’ll see you in the morning." "Will you miss me

AEON. I opened the door to Katarina’s side and helped her out of the car before I grabbed our bags from the backseat. We walked together toward my father, who was standing alone in front of the pack house entryway. I was amazed at how well Katarina was holding herself. She told me she was nervous before we went out of the car, but I never heard any erratic beating of her heart. If anything, she was letting out a calm aura. "Alpha Argon," Katarina greeted my father the moment we stopped in front of him. "I wasn’t expecting you to be awake at this time. It is way past midnight." "And I wasn’t expecting you to arrive with Aeon." My father smiled warmly at her as he took her hand and kissed her knuckles. Katarina returned his smile before she replied. "Well, I wasn’t expecting you to cut short my time with Aeon. So when he suggested I join him tonight, I didn’t have to think twice." "My apologies. Nobody told me you’d be at the Silver Moon Pack as well." "Aeon told me he’d spend days

AEON. Katarina hugged my father, and he opened the passenger door for her, letting her get to the seat beside me. I just cocked my head at him and drove off as soon as Katarina buckled up her seatbelt. I already had a gut feeling that Dad was up to something, and it was a good thing that Lucas was just twenty minutes away. I would just secure Katarina’s safety and talk with Lucas, and then I would head back to the territory. I decided it would be better if Lucas was the one to search for Alpha Aurelius since I had no idea if any of our men would spill me out to my father if I had them search for Alpha Aurelius. And then I have to tell my father about Alexa being my fated mate. I could no longer delay anything anymore. The longer Alexa was under the mercy of my father, the greater the risk of her being hurt or worse, dead. But how will I tell him? I had no idea, but I knew I had to do it soon. Krane was at the border when we passed by. He immediately went up to me while he sent a

BETA KRANE. I knew something was off when Aeon told me this morning that he would drive Lady Katarina home. I volunteered to do it, but he stated that his father insisted that he drive her home, which was odd. Alpha Argon had never had to instruct Aeon on what he needed to do when it came to females. Even if the one we were talking about was the future Luna of the pack. And from the way Aeon was looking at me, he knew something was odd too. And it made me more uneasy. With Aeon out of the territory, the responsibility of keeping Alexa safe was now on my shoulder. It was easy if no one could command me forcefully, but Alpha Argon’s using this more often now was not making it easier. Plus the fact that I saw him come out of the parking lot early this morning on my way to the pack house. First, he never drove his own car. And if he needed anything from his car, he would usually ask someone to take it for him. And my intuition was right - it has something to do with Aeon. I went to t

ALEXA. "Edward, take off her collar." His voice echoed around me as my heart dropped. There was no way I could protect myself if the shackle was off. My eyes darted to Edward. He wasn’t moving from his position, but his hands were coiled into tight fists. "Alpha, if the collar is off. It would be dangerous..." "Dangerous for who? For the pack or for the rogue? Since when did we care about rogues? Don’t tell me this rogue is making you soft?" Edward wasn’t answering or even moving. "Enrico, your son is a big disappointment." I looked at the man he called Enrico and noticed his jaw tightened. I couldn’t fathom his emotions, so I had no idea if he was disappointed with Edward too or pissed off with his Alpha. And then my eyes shifted back to Edward, who was standing beside me. Sweat formed on his forehead and his hands were still balled into fists. And I felt guilty. He was fighting off his own Alpha. "Edward, don’t make me roll off an Alpha command." My eyes closed, fighti