~Amara~ The few days that passed in a blur had Chad treating me so sweetly and making me feel so desirable. I knew inside of me that what I was doing was wrong, not just because I was pregnant with my mate’s pup, but also because it was a dangerous affair. Maybe that was what added to the intrigue of it all. I hadn’t allowed him to possess my body completely yet, not because I didn’t feel the urge, but because I was still trying to keep a little bit of respect for Lucian until perhaps he figured out where I might be and came to save me. Yes, I know that I might be delusional for thinking about a man who had abandoned me and who might be rolling about in his sheets with another woman right now, but I just felt that I would be better if he just rejected me after finding out about our bond. A small smile lit up my face as the thought of Chad crossed my mind. Was I throwing away my chance at happiness by not agreeing to run away with Chad? During one of our stolen brief moments, Chad h

~Lucian~It may have seemed like decades since I heard that voice but it’s been haunting me in all my dreams. I see her every time and I listen to her talk all the time. It was like she had taken hostage of my dreams.I slowly turned around, still scanning the party, my eyes lingering on any long curly black-haired woman in the crowd but she wasn’t there. The only person who was there was Lily, her eyes wide and smiley and her unwavering clench in my arm tightening. “I was asking why you didn’t introduce me properly to Alpha Adrik. Shouldn’t he know that I’m not just one of the women who you fuck when you’re bored?” Lily asked, still holding onto my arm.I hated the sound of her voice. How dare she contaminate the most memorable sound that I’ve heard in a long while with her squeaky voice? I disengaged her hand from my arm a little roughly and pinned her with a deadly glare.“And who are you to say that you’re not here just because I’m bored? You must think so highly of yourself to w

~Amara~“There really was no fire? You made the whole thing up?”, I asked Chad who seemed to be enjoying the lie that he told Adrik way too much.“Yes. I had to get him out of there somehow. And you looked like you really needed help”Well, he wasn’t wrong about that one. The last thing I needed was Alpha Adrik harassing me all over again in my state. I’d been so glad that Chad showed up when he did because it would have gone deeper then. Adrik’s demons were out to play.I was still in my thoughts when I felt my left ear being tickled by something. I turned quickly to find Chad working my ear with a leaf that he had picked from the ground. After the incident last night, Chad had taken me home and left after making sure that I was okay and that I had all I needed to sleep well, including a light kiss on my lips.This afternoon, he had come to sneak me out of the mansion into one of our spots in the woods where according to him, no one ever comes and Adrik’s spies would never locate eas

~Amara~My eyes cracked open, the overhead lights blinding me and making me shut them again. I felt like a bag of potatoes, unable to move my hands or legs. Trying again, I opened my eyes again, slowly this time to get accustomed to the blinding light. My eyes roved around the room and I quickly recognized that it was the pack hospital.“Hello? Is anyone there?” I cracked out, hoping for Chad or anyone to appear but my voice was lower than a whisper. I also felt a little groggy and by the cup that I saw on the bedside table, I figured that they must have injected me with some kind of drug. The pain in my belly was gone now and I felt perfectly okay apart from the little insistent headache gnawing at my temple.I raised myself on one arm and looked around again. There was definitely no one. I sat up and straightened my spine, cracking my neck to alleviate the pain that I felt there.Crack. And it was all better. I guess that was one of the perks of being a werewolf. The more I stayed

~Lucian~The cardinal points meet in my head as I turn around restlessly on my bed, trying to figure out how the hell Adrik had been able to talk to me in that manner. He had been just too confident of himself. Even when I’d used my power as an alpha king to threaten him, he was unabashed, like I was bluffing. Maybe it’s time I truly let him understand the fact that I am his king and I rule over the entire pack in this kingdom while he is only a subordinate.His sly face flashed before me again, making my irritation grow more. That bastard really is hiding something because there was nothing else that could give him so much confidence. And what’s more? He knows that whatever thing he is hiding is important to me and I wouldn’t risk him destroying it.My mind wandered far and near, trying to make collections of all the valuables in the entire kingdom and most especially, the Pack that I lead. I made a mental list of all the gold, spices, and ammunition that were available and nothing w