When his lips hit mine, the tent blew up. That's what I thought for a moment, because as soon as our lips touched, the sparks from the kiss felt like an explosion. My body got stiffer under him, and I could feel him getting heavier. As his hungry mouth grabbed me and his greedy hands held mine above my head, his chest rumbled with a growl.No matter how much I trained to be disciplined and in control of myself so I wouldn't be affected by the mate bond, the kiss and the sparks made me forget everything for a moment and just give in.He kissed me more deeply and fought with my tongue. His mouth was close to mine, like he was trying to hide something, and for a moment I let him because my wolf pushed me back. Soon, I was kissing him back with the same intensity. I was lost in a rage of passion and desire that had taken over my mind, but I didn't care because my wolf was in charge and we were too far into the kiss to care.At one point, his lips burned against mine as if he wanted to lea

"So what?" I laughed, and Lua did, too. I said, "That's a good idea," which made her stop laughing and look at me to make sure I wasn't kidding."What?" She didn't know what to say. Before I told her, "I think I know the perfect way to test Lucian," I bit my lower lip in excitement."You do?" Her eyes sparkled with mischief."Yes," I said with a wicked smile, and then I told Lua about my plan.After I told her what I'd decided, she told me, "You're mean.""Am I?" I asked in a sneaky way. When Lucian and his equally annoying second in command came out of the woods, Lua opened her mouth to say something. The wolves had already set up their camp and lit a fire. They were now making dinner."What's the joke?" Lucian asked, his eyes burning with interest."Why? You both, "Lua shot back, and Lucian let out a very low growl."Anyway, we've decided to cross the river tomorrow," I said to stop him from talking any longer. I was so tired that I just wanted to be done with this already, eat dinn

When I woke up the next morning, there was no sign of him in his own tent. Now, I was kind of shocked. He did what he said he was going to do for the first time. Well, Lucian was a man of his word, but he was such a pervert that I didn't think he would keep his word in this situation. I really thought I would wake up next to him. I was already cranky that morning because I hadn't slept well, and if he had been sleeping next to me, I'm sure I would have chopped him up as soon as I woke up. He was lucky that I couldn't find him anywhere, even outside the tent, because I was so angry. That day, I was in a bad mood, and my wolves knew it right away. They didn't say a word to me as I walked around the camp and looked at the work they had done so far. Even though everyone around me pretended to be busy, I could feel their eyes on my back. I could tell that they were interested in what happened last night, but I wasn't going to tell them much. I didn't have to explain myself to anyone. E

Athena’s povAtti rowed the boat back to the other shore as I breathed fire. The boat of Lucian followed us. I could feel his eyes burning on my back and feel the fire inside of me. I was very angry.I couldn't believe I'd given in to the mate bond and acted like such a fool in front of him again.Ugh! Athena, why can't you just be heartless once?When I gave Atti a look, she kept quiet and rowed the boat faster. In the meantime, I could feel his gaze on me getting stronger and stronger. It could easily block out the afternoon sun and dry up the whole river.All of a sudden, there was a lot of tension in the air. Even the river monsters tried to stay away from me. On the shore, my jaw was set and my eyes were frozen.When we got there, I told my wolves to get ready to leave right away. Already a lot of time had been wasted, and I didn't want to waste any more. I wanted to leave right away and get going.As the last of the Lycans and all of my wolves finally moved deeper into the woods

Athena’s POVI didn't look at him. I didn't say anything to him. I kept my eyes on what was in front of us. I was set on getting to the frozen valley as soon as possible. Only Lucian didn't seem to feel the same sense of urgency as I did.I didn't have to look at him to tell that he was slowly getting more nervous. His worry was in the air, and I could smell it. I could hear the storm inside of him blowing.We moved faster today because we had wasted so much time yesterday. We had to get to the place we chose today, or we'd be late, and I didn't like being late. I was sure that in this situation, we couldn't be late.When the first cold wind came from the direction we were going, it made me feel better. It turned out to be bad for Lucian. The temperature was starting to drop as it got darker. The plateau we had been walking on for a long time was now slowly going up.It was a sign that we were now on the land mass that joined the eastern valleys and the woods. This didn't make Lucian