Arabella's POVI sat in my dimly lit living room. The room was dark apart from the soft glow of a single lamp. I poured myself a glass of wine and took a sip as I let my thoughts consume me. Alpha Rhys. His name echoed through my mind. This is a man who had ignited a spark of attraction within me once. Why does it seem that this desire refuses to fade? Wait... Why am I thinking like this? I'm supposed to hate this man. I hate the fact that he has rejected my advances time and time again. Could he really love Mia? Why am I even bothered? Maybe it's the wine that's affecting me. I'm here for revenge and that's it. I shouldn't care if he likes me or not. I do want him to want me so that I can infiltrate his marriage. I took another sip of the wine, letting it dance across my taste buds. I can't deny something. Rhys was magnetic. His presence commanded attention. If I'm being honest, I was drawn to him like a moth to a flame. I crave his attention. His chiseled jawline, pierci

ARABELLA POVThe slap was so loud that it made the silence in the room uncomfortable. I just slapped the Alpha of the pack. Scared, I turned on my heels and ran out of the house. I had what I came for, even though I’d left more confused than ever. Had that night happened, or had it not? Why was he deflating from the truth? And even if he was telling the truth, why didn’t I trust him? Did he really not find me attractive? Rhys worshiped my body the day we engaged in sexual intimacy?No way… He must be taunting me, moreover I doubt if he had sex with me in a drunken state last night.I sat in my car for long minutes, wondering what had gone wrong. If he wasn’t taunting me so badly I wouldn’t have hit him. Now that I slapped him, I’d practically invited trouble. He could kill me!“Oh goddess,” I muttered to myself as I started her car.On my way to meet Mia, I stopped by an ice cream shop to get for Mia. She’d asked for a bag, but what was better than giving her a snack so she would tr

RHY’S POVThere was something about her, something I couldn’t exactly place. It was an attraction, sizzling and hot and strange. I wanted her more and more, as if I was being tied to her somehow. Of course, that wasn’t technically possible as she wasn’t my mate, which boiled down to the fact that she seduced me, or at least she tried to. To be fair, I had quite a moment trying to keep my head straight. Somehow she seemed to embolden everything I wanted or more; that was until she slapped me.I rolled from side to side in my moveable chair and wondered what I did wrong to warrant that slap. Was it the way I spoke to her? Was she being regretful about being with me? It wasn’t like we were together, together. She was too drunk to find out…oh. I suddenly knew why she had slapped me.There was a knock on the door before Craig stuck his head in.“Alpha Rhys, you in here? I’ve been calling your name and you didn’t answer.”I waved my hand in the air. “Come on in. I was just deep in thoughts,

ARABELLA POV It was the Parent-Teacher meeting. I smiled to myself as I lay back in my seat, eyeing the Luna who sat three seats before me. It pleased me especially that her husband was there with her; I was sure she pressured him to come so she could gloat about him to others. Nothing pleased Mia more than gloating about her husband. I was still stung by the blows he dealt me the other day, but it didn’t discourage me. For all I know, he could have been lying and being defensive. Someone raised her hand and stood up. The woman looked around to make sure she’d gathered enough attention before speaking. “I think we should have a leader in this Parent-Teacher meeting so we could hold more gatherings like this.” Everyone looked at her. It was obvious they had all been thinking about it before she said it, but none of them were brave enough to say it out loud. It was my chance to shine, as usual. The moon goddess was surely looking out for me she kept bringing out these opportunitie

RHYS POVThe cold shower was not enough. I needed more, but all I could ever think of was her. How did she do it? How was I able to be completely drawn to her in that way? The only person I had successfully done that with was…I shook her image out of my head. I did not want to think about that one either. There was something at play here, and I wasn’t just getting it. What did she want from me? She obviously had to want something, if she was so comfortable getting naked in my presence and touching herself like that. Like she was waiting for me to brew my cool. I hurriedly dressed and headed out of the house. Maybe if I dig my head into work then it would turn out just fine and I would stop thinking about her.When I got to my office, however, she was still in my head. I immediately downed myself into work and contacted the financial manager in my office.“Tell me, Elliot, how is it going? Have they started the tathe construction of the tapElliot was in charge of all the money that