~Kira~For a moment, I was so shocked that I could barely think. My eyes widened, and my brain reeled from the shock. Then it dawned on me.Jake was kissing me! And I was allowing him.With a determined resolve, I pushed him off me. My palm connected with his face, and my breath came in heavy pants. “What the hell was that about!” I shouted.He ran his hands through his hair, and grunted out, “I’m sorry. I don’t know what came over me. It’s just… I miss you, Kira, and I can barely hold myself back”“Can you even hear yourself? You have a pregnant mate waiting for you back in your room, and all you can think of is to kiss a girl whom you rejected everything about?”“I know, but I was manipulated.”“So you’re saying that I was never a bet to you and your friends? Are you saying that you never slept with Ella for the one year that we were together? Are you saying that you loved me from the first time you decided that you were going to tell me to be your girlfriend?”He bowed his head, un

~Kira~I slowly woke to the distant rumble of voices; a low murmur that slowly penetrated the veil of sleep. As my consciousness crept back, so did the urgency in the voices that I heard, their tones sharpening into the distinct clash of disagreements. I shifted, the warmth of the bed cocooning me, but the tension in the air drew me from the embrace of slumber. I could hear Xavier’s voice and another unfamiliar voice speaking, and whatever the disagreement that they were having, it seemed to revolve around me. “I need you to check her now. She isn’t fine”“Alpha, with all due respect, can we at least let her wake up before conducting the test on her? She’s already stirring. Maybe she can say if it was something she ate that made her sick”“No. She's too stubborn and wouldn’t want to do the test if she awakes. Do it now”Xavier’s voice was firm and demanding, clashing with the measured insistence of the other person, whom I was starting to guess was the Pack doctor. When I realized w

~Kira~“Like I said, I’m too weak to embark on anything like this. Maybe you don’t understand because you’re not an omega”“You’re stronger than you think. You just have to make a move to see where your potential lies. Come on, Luna, swing at me with that stick. It’s not fancy”“Are you ready, Luna? Jayden asked, his voice steady and encouraging. I nodded, my heart pounding with a mix of excitement and curiosity. I have never been one for fighting, always content with fading into the background and avoiding confrontations all my life. But I guess that my new position needs me to be up and ready to always tackle problems and challenges, and that includes being able to fight. As Luna of the Pack, I need to be prepared to defend myself and my Pack members if the need arises.Jay swung his stick in a wide arc, the whooshing sound slicing through the air. I tensed, my instincts kicking in as I prepared to defend myself again. But as the stick made contact with mine, I found myself falteri

~Kira~The sound of screams woke me up from my sleep. My eyes peeled open and I turned my head towards the direction of the sound. I couldn’t see anything as it seemed like the scream was coming from downstairs.I couldn’t remember how I had gotten to my bed, as the only thing I remembered was when I dozed off in the bath last night. I also noticed that my nightwear had been worn on me. Probably Alianna had found me and decided to help me get into bed.But how heavy had I slept that I hadn’t even noticed anyone touching me?The scream pierced through the walls again, this time more intense than the first. I frowned as I got off the bed, wondering what could possibly be going on. I walked to the window and moved the curtains, looking down to see what was going on.The sight downstairs had me almost throwing up. Xavier had five ladies and two men tied up, and he was breaking the bones on their fingers with something that looked like pliers.What wrong could they possibly have done? And

~Xavier~When I’d gotten the news of what happened the night that my Luna was supposed to give a speech to the members of the Pack, my blood had boiled so badly, so much that I felt murderous.I had been so worked up about the fact that they could talk down on her in that manner, without fearing that I could tear their hearts out whenever I heard of it. Or had they thought that I would never get a whiff of whatever happened in my absence?So I did the only thing that I could do, which I thought would also make me feel better. I rounded up the people that I could get who were confirmed to be part of the people who had the guts to insult and throw things at my Luna, and I tied them up. Then I started to torture them in every way possible.But she had stopped me. I don’t get how she would still feel pity for the people who almost bruised her skin because of something so meaningless. Then I’d gotten a message from her personal maid that she had decided to have breakfast at the dining hall