Their gazes locked and the world paused.Breeana's grip on her towel tightened as she saw her mate for the first time in days.She had been avoiding him. What else could she have done? Even if all she wanted to do had been to run to him and beg him to be hers and hers alone. She couldn't be selfish yet she knew that seeing him would weaken her resolve.Maybe she would have changed her mind if she hadn't entered the pack house to find out that Reece had given in and decided to choose a consort. Her replacement.It had hurt to hear it. Hurt so much that she thought she would die from the pain.So she had avoided him. She only came out of the connecting room after she was sure he had left the room or gone to bed.Breeana had spoken to Alex immediately after she had heard the news before he did something crazy like telling Reece everything.Alex understood why she was hiding the truth, Ari was his sister as well and the last thing he wanted was for her to get booted out of the pack or wor

Reece sat in his study. He had to leave the room once he was sure that Breeana didn't recoil or sob at the severance of contact between them.He hesitated then poured himself a drink. He needed it. It had taken all his willpower to leave that room before he did something both of them would regret.When Breeana had looked at him with so much need, even though he knew that wasn't what she wanted truly and it was as a result of the heat, he couldn't have minded one bit, he'd wanted to respond to her advances.He had settled for getting into the bed with her and letting her cuddle with him, her body pressed flush to him, thinking that would be enough. It wasn't. She began to touch him and rub her body suggestively against his making the most arousing sounds that went straight to his dick as she moved.He tightened his arms around her middle to stop her movement but it only emboldened her to rub herself against his thigh in an attempt to get off.Reece shuddered with need and raised himsel

Breeana lived in a dream she didn't want to wake up from.A dream where Reece touched her with reckless abandon and she let him gasping, wanting and needing as he took her to heights of pleasure she could have never imagined existed.They had sex, showered, ate, and slept - not always in that order before rinsing and repeating it all again. The world must have ceased to exist because Reece was her world, her air, her life.His kisses were her sustenance, his touches a drug she was addicted to. The sex was phenomenal and life-changing. That must have been why she couldn't seem to have any control over herself or the situation. Not that she wanted any.It was a dream, the last thing she wanted was to change anything.Because to wake up would be to wake up into a world where Reece couldn't stand her because she cheated on him. To wake up would be to face the expectations of a pack that was tired of having her as a Luna and unable to oust her due to technicalities. To wake up would mean t

Breeana didn't know how exactly Reece has guessed it so easily but she knew he knew what Ariana had done.His face transformed with rage so bright and furious that she felt an echo of it in her chest. It was the mate bond. She could now feel his emotions.Did it go both ways? From all she had heard about the mate bond, it most likely did. Was that how he'd discovered the truth about Ari?Reece let her go and opened his wardrobe and pulled out a shirt to put on looking more than a little angry."Reece. Reece, where are you going?"He pulled the shirt on ignoring her and started towards the door. Breeana blocked his path."Answer me for goddess sake, Reece!""Where do you think I am going? She assaulted the Luna of her pack, for this kind of capital offence there only suitable punishments are death or banishment. I have tolerated Ariana for far too long, today, she will get her comeuppance. Let me through, Breeana."Breeana shook her head as she balanced on unsteady feet. After all she

Reece woke up with his mate in his arms and realized that he could get used to this. To the warm press of flesh against his, to her event mingling with his, to the little sounds she made while she slept. He inhaled deeply, her scent making him feel warm all over.He wanted nothing more than to stay in bed with her but he had to get back to work. He had left the running of the pack unattended for too long. He must have troubled Alex and Allen a lot.The problem was that now he had to decide on what he would do with Ariana, the treacherous snake that was his mate's sister.Reece disentangled himself from Breeana and went to take a shower, his mind moving rather quickly as he thought of the ways he could punish Ariana without causing Breeana any grief. His mate was a good person. He wished she weren't so good. It would have made making this decision much easier.He was pulling on his clothes when she woke up.He wasn't looking at her or even actively monitoring the mate bond. He just kne