RILEY:Xavier was waiting outside the room when I stepped out."Let me walk you to your room," he offers and I agree with a nod. I could use the company now that I was still in the middle of a trauma from what happened in the woods."Do you hate me for what I did?" I asked a little into the walk."Hate you? Not at all. You were fed up already. And after what Carmella did to you, it's only understandable that you took a bold step just to save yourself.""But I caused trouble for you and Damien. Look what happened to Damien? I got him hurt by my actions."He counters, "Damien got hurt by his rage. You don't need to worry about him. I'm sure he has learned his lesson after today's experience."I was surprised to hear him chastise the man who saved me. Which is why I look at him strangely and then ask, "Shouldn't you be worried that he's not okay?""Damien? No. I'm only worried what will happen the next time he lets his emotions get the better of him. He keeps forgetting he's the Alpha an

DAMIEN:"So what do you say, Alpha Killian? Are you going to agree with the offer?" I inquired from the man sitting across the table.Alpha Killian wasn't entirely pleased to see me but from the look of things, he had no choice but to tolerate my appearance. After all, he was in my pack."Send your men to the Night Walls immediately," he says, swallowing his pride. "I've received reports from the pack that the rogues have received their attacks.""Very well then. I'll send them ahead. Do have a lovely day and do tell before you leave the pack," I tell him and then stand up.Xavier who has been sitting beside me all along stands up too and then we walk out of the quarters which I assigned to Alpha Killian and Luna Brie."You bruised his ego, you know right?" Xavier says once we were a distance away from the quarters."I know," I say. "But he was lucky I was able to hold my anger in after knowing what he tried to do to Riley.""Which he didn't

CARMELLA:"Don't worry, my Luna. Soon the Alpha will have eyes for no one else but you after you've given him a child," Nadia says to me.I have been standing right at the window of my chamber while I look down at what was happening just outside the quarters. I was disgusted to see Damien with the human girl but that didn't stop me from looking at them. I only hoped deep down that they don't end up getting intimate right there.I snicker at what Nadia just told me and say, "That's if he even sees one from me.""I hope my Luna isn't doubting if she will have a child. As long as there was passion between you and the Alpha, then I'm certain there's a child on the way."I didn't want her to keep going back and forth with the whole thing which is why I tell her, "There was no passion between the two of us. At least not for me.""But why, my Luna?""Was I supposed to be pleasured by a man whose head is filled with nothing else but that stupid human girl? He called me her name that day. It wa

RILEY:I hear a knock on the door and it has me standing up from my bed."Who is it?" I ask after waiting for a few seconds. I could notice already that the person wasn't ready to open the door just yet."It's Damien," comes the response. "Can I come in?""I thought you're the Alpha. Should you be taking any permission from me before coming in?" I ask in return to his request to enter. And instantly, the door is pushed open.Seeing Damien for the first time since that embarrassing incident yesterday made my heart rush. I still haven't gotten how flushed I was. I won't be surprised if I'm not able to comport myself during his brief stay here — hopefully.My arms are folded across my chest when I say, "Are you here to demonstrate to me again?"He looks me in the eyes for some time, saying nothing. It was like he was trying to gauge my reaction or perhaps he was finding it hard to speak."I'm just here to see you," he finally says, his pa

RILEY:"We're almost there, my lady," Sansa informs me.We were out in the pack area to check on Menya. I told her that I wanted to know how well she was faring and probably see to it that she is well taken care of should it be that things weren't looking good.But I wasn't alone with her. I have two guards behind me who were meant to keep me safe from any harm. Hopefully there won't be anything that will warrant them having to see to my safety."Who's her mate again? Is he a warrior like yours?" I ask her, trying to understand how Menya's bonding was."He was," she says."Was?""Yes, my lady. He was forced to quit after sustaining a life-threatening injury to the neck. Hasn't been much stable since then.""And how did he get such an injury?""He was shot with a silver bullet. It took a miracle to keep him alive."Now that's a strange term I just heard. Isn't a bullet supposed to just be a bullet? What's with the 'silver' in front