Irina: I kept my eyes on the mirror as I fiddled with my zipper, trying to get it undone before the bedroom door opened, taking me off guard. “I’m sorry, I should have knocked.” Kai said, wanting to take a step back to leave. I shook my head, not wanting him to go. “No, don’t worry. I was actually meaning to call for help. My zipper seems to be stuck and I have been fighting it for the past ten minutes. I really can’t seem to get it undone.” I said, still fighting the stupid metal piece. Kai chuckled and walked toward me, his chest bare as he had already taken his shirt off when we entered our suite. His eyes met mine through the mirror before he stood behind me. Our eyes locked for a moment, and I couldn’t help but blush when I saw his gentle gaze on mine before he looked down at my back. He slowly pulled it down for me, his finger brushing over my skin gently, making goosebumps rise over my body as the mating bond felt stronger than it had ever been. “There you go,” he whis

Irina: “Do you want us to go out for breakfast?” Kai asked, wrapping his arms around my waist, pulling me to his chest. I shook my head as I curled up, making him chuckle. “I believe that I should take that as a no?” He asked, and I nodded. “I want to spend the day in your arms, just laying without responsibilities of even seeing or engaging with people. My social energy is down.” I said, and Kai laughed. “We had enough of it yesterday, and trust me, if I have to speak formally to more people, I am going to end up breaking their faces.” “Someone is annoyed,” “I am being an introvert, I’m not being annoyed.” I said, and he chuckled, nodding in response as he kissed my forehead. “Well, then, we are going to stay home if you want. But I am going to need to leave you later tonight. I have a few things that I have to take care of with Viktor.” He said, and I raised an eyebrow. “These few things are? With your brother being here, I can assume that they might include him?” I asked, an

Irina:“Are you okay, Luna?” I asked, taking Luna Katerina’s hand in mine. She looked at me for a moment, her eyes holding a fondness that only a mother could have for her daughter, and for a moment, I found myself fighting back tears as I remembered my own mother.I didn’t know of her fate, but knowing Cosimo, I knew that it wasn’t going to be pleasant. The man was going to hurt her. That is saying that he hasn’t already.“I am fine, Irina.” She said, squeezing my hand gently. “What you did for me is not something that I am going to forget.”“I didn’t do anything that I shouldn’t have done. The woman was crossing her limits in your home, I wasn’t going to allow her to do so.” I said, softly. “Come on, how about you freshen up before Kai comes home? You won’t want him to see you looking exhausted.”“Why did you help me out?” She asked, taking me off guard with her question. “After everything that I did, the way that I treated you when you came, why did you stand up to her for me?”I l

Diego: “They are going to keep getting closer, and the issue is not that. It is the fact that the man is going to end up harming you, Diego. Kai is not safe, and if he has motives that include Cosimo…” “He has his ways against Cosimo, and I know that he is not going to be betraying us. Both of them are hunters, and Irina can be Lea’s sister. You are going to need to respect that, mama.” I said, and she took a deep breath. “I know that you don’t want to, and I understand that you have your ways against her; but…” “There is no but.” Mom said, stopping me. I looked at her, knowing that this conversation will not be going anywhere. She had her own perspective when it came to Katerina and anyone who was associated with her. Kai was a completely different story and no matter how much I was going to try, I knew that she wasn’t going to be convinced with anything that I was going to tell her. “The man is her son, Irina has been defending her and would be defending her. The woman was a cheat

Kai:“I don’t care what will happen, Viktor. I want the woman to be found,” I said, looking at my beta.The pain that I saw in Irina’s eyes was one that I couldn’t ignore. “I don’t want anyone to know of this, and I don’t want anyone to notice. Cosimo is going to play his games, but I am going to be sure that I make him pay for what he is doing. And I want to know what you found about these hunters. I want to know what they are on about, and why my brother sees it as important about it. Diego seems to find it important, and I want to know what he has in mind about it.”“At this point, it is not only Diego but also Cosimo. We are dealing with more of these, and we are just going to keep getting sucked up in this maze. It is one that we really can’t seem to get out of,” Viktor said, and I nodded.“And that is why we are going to have to find out what they are on about. These crests, the hunters, and those who we are against. Cosimo is going crazy, and I know that he is going to keep dra