Ezra: “Do you really believe that I fell for one lie that you tried feeding my sister?” I asked, looking at Renata as she walked out of the library. The woman didn’t say a word for a few seconds, but when she turned to face me, regardless of the pain that I saw in her eyes, I saw a sense of satisfaction. “I don’t need you believing anything. At this point, Ezra, I have nothing to lose. You know for fact that I chose every method that a woman would be using, and nothing worked on him…” “And you are giving up so easily? After fighting for so long, you expect me to believe that you intend to just ‘give up’?” I asked the woman, knowing that she wasn’t going to drop things as easily as Lea saw or hoped. I wasn’t dumb, nor was I blind, but this was an act that I knew all too well, and the sudden change in demeanor as she tried getting information only gave her out more than she thought. “I do not intend to give up. Do not get me wrong, but I have my plans and I have my ways when it comes

Lea: “Are you okay?” I asked, wrapping my arms around Diego from behind as I sat on the edge of the bed beside him. He put his hand on mine, and I gently massaged his shoulders. He squeezed my hand gently, and pulled it to his lips, gently kissing my knuckle, making me smile. “Everything that we’re doing, that we learned. I am guessing that it is just taking more energy from me than I could think of.” He said, and I nodded, kissing his shoulder. I laid my chin on it, and he purred, allowing me to rest in his embrace. I knew that he was at least feeling a little more peace with me by his side. But I also knew that it would be temporary with everything that we were going to have to do. “I never thought that I would know the truth about what happened. And now that I do, I don’t know how to feel about it.” “You are not expected to know what you feel when you’re going through a hardship like this, Diego.” I said, massaging his right bicep gently. He ran his finger over my palm, gently i

Diego: “What is this, mama?” I asked, frowning in confusion at the sight of the box that was in front of me. Her eyes met mine and she looked down at it before opening the box. Weapons, ancient ones, fell on the ground in front of us. She nodded at them, then she looked at Mario. “Care to explain or should I?” She asked, and Mario rolled his eyes. “We brought them here from our pack grounds. We figured that it would be best for you two to start training using them, and I knew that there was no better way to start doing so than to bring them here. As usual, your mother may or may not like that, but at this point, I care less about what she might think of this when it is your lives that are in danger.” Mario said, and mom shook her head. “Whoever it is that we are fighting, Cosimo included, are going to have stronger weapons, more developed. And believe me, if we are going to keep giving them less power, they are going to end up being harmed. And I do not intend to lose my son…”

Lea: “What are you doing?” I asked, shaking my head at my mate. “This is your thousandth pushup right now. Your muscles are going to end up cramping up.” “You really don’t know your mate enough, do you, neonata?” He asked, making me blush at the nickname that he was giving me. The fact that he was barely calling me my name now was something that I noticed. And though I wouldn’t dare point it out, I couldn’t help but blush whenever he did it. “If knowing you enough includes ten hundred pushups, then no.” I said, and he laughed. He sat up and shook his head at me, his smile making my heart melt as he cupped my cheek. He leaned in, connecting his lips with mine in a gentle kiss, and I couldn’t help but find myself smiling as I saw how genuine he was being. The two of us have chosen to go out for the day. It’s been a while since we did, and leaving the pack was something that we both wanted to do. If anything, I was more than a little happy knowing that I would be spending more time w

Lea: I had to fight back the anger that I felt upon hearing everything that I was learning. My heart raced, and for a second, it felt like my world was crumbling, but I knew to stay calm and quiet in front of the others. Diego had enough as it was, and the last thing that I wanted was to add up to the fuss. “You’re quiet,” Mario stated, noticing the calmness that I was in. To be honest, I didn’t even know what I was supposed to say. The anger that I felt surely reflected in my eyes, I knew that very well, but I didn’t know where things were going from here, but I surely wasn’t excited. “I keep finding out about facts that I know that I wouldn’t have known if this didn’t happen. I don’t know how I am supposed to feel about it, Mario,” I said, keeping my eyes out the window. My shoulder was patched and stitched, but I knew that things were going to be a lot more difficult as things went on. With Cosimo being the traitor all along, I didn’t know how we were going to be dealing with th